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In the outlined scenario there is some basement-dwelling-geek tricked into giving away the keys to the castle by some allegedly mega-fit-babe who is outside the

In the outlined scenario there is some basement-dwelling-geek tricked into giving away the keys to the castle by some allegedly mega-fit-babe who is outside the company. This is not the only scenario where this can go horribly wrong. A few years ago I worked at some company where the computers were well and truly locked down. No facebook, no YouTuBe, no nothing. If it could not be accessed on Internet Explorer 6 for the strict purposes of getting the job done then you was not having it. However, a charming young lady in some admin department was able to work her charms on the IT department. Somehow it became imperative that, unique in the company, she was able to access all the tedious sites of the internets. It only took a week or two before her computer was well and truly soiled with viruses, e-coli, everything. She did her own 'social engineering' to wreck her computer, however, someone on the outside, had they known that her computer was the weak one, could have social engineered her to install whatever. Times have moved on since IE6. Nowadays everyone has a smartphone in their pocket and they can do whatever they need to do on that. We also now know that computers are vulnerable. People understand this, they did not back then (IE6 days). So maybe it is time for offices where confidential stuff gets done to tighten up the firewalls, block the websites and make the office internet access a bit more locked down, with no need to pander to people who 'need' Facebook access at work. Reasons can be provided as to why this has to be and people can be encouraged to use their gadgets for anything social-network-y.

gaius 13y ago
Agree 100%. In an era where every office worker probably has a smartphone or a tablet, work machines can be locked down for work and work only and no-one's lifestyle needs suffer. I'd be interested if there are any stories of attractive men working their charms on the HR department, I bet it happens more than anyone suspects.
pstuart 13y ago
In short, internal networks should be treated as "the internet with a guest list"
daemin 13y ago
I read the article as saying that she worked at the secure (target) agency, hence the fake profile was for someone that already worked at the agency. It was just using a photo of the waitress. So there's some assumption on the part of the employees that she is already employed by the company, and hence she's been vetted somehow. That would also explain the job offers since other companies would want to poach employees. Though my take away from this is that there are a lot of men that think that niceness at work is a way into a hot girl's pants.
- xerophtye 13y ago
  >a lot of men that think that niceness at work is a way into a hot girl's pants. I am tempted to ask, if niceness isn't, what is?
  - kazagistar 13y ago
    Being an awesome enough human being that it happens the other way around.
    - xerophtye 13y ago
      I dont get it. isn't being nice part of the whole "be awesome" thing. I mean why are males being discouraged from being nice and helpful? O.o i mean i understand it's extremely wrong to be nice for the sole purpose of getting into someone's pants (and equally wrong for people to take advantage of people for being nice to them), but why discourage being nice as a whole? i thought we all went thru HS and college and learned to recognize people who take advantage of our niceness. Just avoid them, and be nice to everyone else
      - daemin 13y ago
        Do you think in the article that the men in the target agency were just being nice? If that were the case then the fake male profile the security company created would have received as much help, job offers, and other attention as the female, but clearly that was not the case. Women, especially attractive women, can easily distinguish genuine niceness and this get-in-your-pants niceness, and while they will take advantage of it all (it would be foolish and stupid not to), they will not sleep with such people.

gaius 13y ago

Agree 100%. In an era where every office worker probably has a smartphone or a tablet, work machines can be locked down for work and work only and no-one's lifestyle needs suffer. I'd be interested if there are any stories of attractive men working their charms on the HR department, I bet it happens more than anyone suspects.

pstuart 13y ago

In short, internal networks should be treated as "the internet with a guest list"

daemin 13y ago

I read the article as saying that she worked at the secure (target) agency, hence the fake profile was for someone that already worked at the agency. It was just using a photo of the waitress. So there's some assumption on the part of the employees that she is already employed by the company, and hence she's been vetted somehow. That would also explain the job offers since other companies would want to poach employees. Though my take away from this is that there are a lot of men that think that niceness at work is a way into a hot girl's pants.

xerophtye 13y ago
>a lot of men that think that niceness at work is a way into a hot girl's pants. I am tempted to ask, if niceness isn't, what is?
- kazagistar 13y ago
  Being an awesome enough human being that it happens the other way around.
  - xerophtye 13y ago
    I dont get it. isn't being nice part of the whole "be awesome" thing. I mean why are males being discouraged from being nice and helpful? O.o i mean i understand it's extremely wrong to be nice for the sole purpose of getting into someone's pants (and equally wrong for people to take advantage of people for being nice to them), but why discourage being nice as a whole? i thought we all went thru HS and college and learned to recognize people who take advantage of our niceness. Just avoid them, and be nice to everyone else
    - daemin 13y ago
      Do you think in the article that the men in the target agency were just being nice? If that were the case then the fake male profile the security company created would have received as much help, job offers, and other attention as the female, but clearly that was not the case. Women, especially attractive women, can easily distinguish genuine niceness and this get-in-your-pants niceness, and while they will take advantage of it all (it would be foolish and stupid not to), they will not sleep with such people.