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I really wish there was a way for me to share this type of article with my company without coming across as the "difficult" guy.

by yosito 5y ago

dudul 5y ago
This reminds me of the time I worked at this company where IT enforced all passwords (email, laptop, AWS, etc) to be changed every month. Every time I got the prompt I would send them a study showing how this was actually making security worse. I got the HR complain after 4 times I think :)
- doanerock 5y ago
  I agree enforce two factors not more frequent password changes.
peakaboo 5y ago
Let me tell you something that you will have great value from in life. The cost of free will is to sometimes be difficult to understand for other people. My webcam is always off. Nobody expects me to have it on anymore. In the beginning I got a few questions about why. I said I don't like how I look on camera to other people. Nobody even tried to convince me to have it on. You are not an adult until you learn to do what you want and handle other people's opinions as exactly that - their opinions. Its what they want, not what you want. The difference is very important. Tldr... Grow balls, learn to do what you want and be OK with what other people may think. After a few days or weeks, it becomes normal for them and they can focus on other important topics like who wins the bachelor this year.
- quantified 5y ago
  Wow, a lot of the “grow up” input I received from youth on was to stop being selfish and only thinking about my needs. And I found treating other people’s opinions as important to be really useful in being married and raising kids. Social groups must have highly variable definitions of adult behavior. However, my camera is off when I haven’t had time to take a shower, a dashing down the hall for a bio break, and many other times. When I talk with my hands too, my camera is definitely on, and I appreciate the nuance of others’ facial expressions.
itsdrewmiller 5y ago
Try sharing it along with an article taking the opposite position, and frame it as an interesting topic for discussion.

I really wish there was a way for me to share this type of article with my company without coming across as the "difficult" guy.

by yosito 5y ago

I really wish there was a way for me to share this type of article with my company without coming across as the "difficult" guy.

dudul 5y ago

This reminds me of the time I worked at this company where IT enforced all passwords (email, laptop, AWS, etc) to be changed every month. Every time I got the prompt I would send them a study showing how this was actually making security worse. I got the HR complain after 4 times I think :)

doanerock 5y ago
I agree enforce two factors not more frequent password changes.

peakaboo 5y ago

Let me tell you something that you will have great value from in life. The cost of free will is to sometimes be difficult to understand for other people. My webcam is always off. Nobody expects me to have it on anymore. In the beginning I got a few questions about why. I said I don't like how I look on camera to other people. Nobody even tried to convince me to have it on. You are not an adult until you learn to do what you want and handle other people's opinions as exactly that - their opinions. Its what they want, not what you want. The difference is very important. Tldr... Grow balls, learn to do what you want and be OK with what other people may think. After a few days or weeks, it becomes normal for them and they can focus on other important topics like who wins the bachelor this year.

quantified 5y ago
Wow, a lot of the “grow up” input I received from youth on was to stop being selfish and only thinking about my needs. And I found treating other people’s opinions as important to be really useful in being married and raising kids. Social groups must have highly variable definitions of adult behavior. However, my camera is off when I haven’t had time to take a shower, a dashing down the hall for a bio break, and many other times. When I talk with my hands too, my camera is definitely on, and I appreciate the nuance of others’ facial expressions.

itsdrewmiller 5y ago

Try sharing it along with an article taking the opposite position, and frame it as an interesting topic for discussion.