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>he wouldn't specifically say who owned them That sounds a little concerning. Was the implication that it was a government agency at some level?

14 4y ago
Exactly. Why would you let a random person into your building if there was no answer who they worked for? Was it because they claimed to work for business and you blindly trusted they were doing what they said or did you have some heads up from your boss saying let them in? There must be more to this story or maybe op just didn’t care about random people entering and accessing equipment.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  It wasn't their building, it was clearly a building they rented a suite in. And, at a guess, the tech was let in because the landlord called and asked them to let the tech in.
- swores 4y ago
  More likely the person telling the story isn't the person who authorised their access, and just happened to witness it / have a conversation about it.
- rideontime 4y ago
  The parent comment did not claim to have let the person into the building themselves.
TheFattestNinja 4y ago
It's quite likely they had no idea. Easy to imagine a scenario where there is a company owning the building, one owning the cameras and maintenance, one owning the data/recording, all wrapped up in management partners mergers shells etc.
- version_five 4y ago
  With government, unless it's an organization mature enough to do something deliberately covert, it's more likely theres so much bureaucracy to deal with that everybody knows who they are working for.
  - jkaplowitz 4y ago
    The NYPD does do deliberately covert things including counterintelligence. No information one way or another whether that’s true in this case.
    - Eumenes 4y ago
      there are a lot of rich foreign nationals in NYC, so its no surprise
  - emodendroket 4y ago
    The NYPD has covert operations not only all over the country but in many foreign countries so I'd say they're operating at a pretty high level of sophistication in that sense.
    - formerly_proven 4y ago
      Apparently referring to the “International Liaison Program” run by the “NYPD Intelligence Bureau“ which has only executive oversight and is funded by the “New York City Police Foundation” instead of the city itself.
      - PaulWaldman 4y ago
        Are NYPD personnel sent outside their jurisdiction to fulfill these roles? Or do they contract it out?
        emodendroket 4y ago
samstave 4y ago
Cut the 'server hard line' and see who shows up!

14 4y ago

Exactly. Why would you let a random person into your building if there was no answer who they worked for? Was it because they claimed to work for business and you blindly trusted they were doing what they said or did you have some heads up from your boss saying let them in? There must be more to this story or maybe op just didn’t care about random people entering and accessing equipment.

pessimizer 4y ago
It wasn't their building, it was clearly a building they rented a suite in. And, at a guess, the tech was let in because the landlord called and asked them to let the tech in.
swores 4y ago
More likely the person telling the story isn't the person who authorised their access, and just happened to witness it / have a conversation about it.
rideontime 4y ago
The parent comment did not claim to have let the person into the building themselves.

TheFattestNinja 4y ago

It's quite likely they had no idea. Easy to imagine a scenario where there is a company owning the building, one owning the cameras and maintenance, one owning the data/recording, all wrapped up in management partners mergers shells etc.

version_five 4y ago
With government, unless it's an organization mature enough to do something deliberately covert, it's more likely theres so much bureaucracy to deal with that everybody knows who they are working for.
- jkaplowitz 4y ago
  The NYPD does do deliberately covert things including counterintelligence. No information one way or another whether that’s true in this case.
  - Eumenes 4y ago
    there are a lot of rich foreign nationals in NYC, so its no surprise
- emodendroket 4y ago
  The NYPD has covert operations not only all over the country but in many foreign countries so I'd say they're operating at a pretty high level of sophistication in that sense.
  - formerly_proven 4y ago
    Apparently referring to the “International Liaison Program” run by the “NYPD Intelligence Bureau“ which has only executive oversight and is funded by the “New York City Police Foundation” instead of the city itself.
    - PaulWaldman 4y ago
      Are NYPD personnel sent outside their jurisdiction to fulfill these roles? Or do they contract it out?
      - emodendroket 4y ago

samstave 4y ago

Cut the 'server hard line' and see who shows up!