Is a system secure if no one can gain access?
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
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Servers are much more secure when they are shut down.
Or never even purchased!
Why do we even bother with data at all? Let’s just not exist - humans greatly increase attack surface.
How did you forget that you need to install 2FA on your personal phone which also requires that you have Microsoft Authenticator installed on your phone and manages to never be able to connect to your organization so you spend 2 hours on the phone with IT before they give you temporary access so you can reset your 2FA and start the whole process over again next month?
The fucking Okta verify app and its "cannot find trusted route to whatever" error popup that covers the approve button that cannot be dismissed except for just waiting for it to go away. Love that.
Oh! I finally got tired of swiping away the "setup express login" or whatever they call it and set it up. It's not any fucking faster! In fact, it's slower! It's the same process, but now I have to also use my fingerprint at the end. And there's enough of a lag that I often forget I have to do that so I'm starting at the login screen waiting for the approval to go through.
And, I have to use the thing twice to get on GitHub or the corporate VPN. It is so fucking tedious and stupid.