But let’s say he did know, and failed to stop it. Hell, for the sake of argument, let’s say he did it. Let’s say he pulled the trigger. The weird thing is, I’m not even especially angry at Phobia, or his partner in the attack. I’m mostly mad at myself. I’m mad as hell for not backing up my data. I’m sad, and shocked, and feel that I am ultimately to blame for that loss.One of the major factors in figuring out this guy's information was that he consistently used his name for email addresses. I think I might reorganize some accounts to refer back to other fictional accounts rather than things attached to my name. I have a pretty cool but unused email address I could use as a contact, and then set up some mail forwarding to get alerts from it (and also to keep it live).
But I’m also upset that this ecosystem that I’ve placed so much of my trust in has let me down so thoroughly. I’m angry that Amazon makes it so remarkably easy to allow someone into your account, which has obvious financial consequences. And then there’s Apple. I bought into the Apple account system originally to buy songs at 99 cents a pop, and over the years that same ID has evolved into a single point of entry that controls my phones, tablets, computers and data-driven life. With this AppleID, someone can make thousands of dollars of purchases in an instant, or do damage at a cost that you can’t put a price on.
I actually feel kind of dumb for sending something to a USian via Amazon recently just because Amazon's protocols seem so stupid. And then there's Apple binding everything to an Apple ID...
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Gosh Darn It That Cloud Didn't Help At All.
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Good news for me because my name is pretty stupid.
You might get in touch with that Righteous Bubba fellow. I've heard he knows internet security.
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But I have been told that the cloud is the solution to EVERYTHING, including back pimples.
Ewwwwww
But I have been told that the cloud is the solution to EVERYTHING, including back pimples.
Huh. Whoever told you that is an idiot. My personal position is that utilizing cloud compute resources is a better, more useful and cost effective solution to digital content creation, storage and communications. I guess some people just take it to extremes or something.
Of course, nobody ever got hacked before cloud computing, and so we should even avoid web mail because that way we'll be so much safer and more secure. Right?
Or, we could recognize that blaming the infrastructure for an attack on an individual's account is like blaming the highway system for your own auto accident, but then, again, whatever makes you feel better. I'm sure substance will put up his own on premises mail server and never buy another thing online again, and keep all his files on those robust, secure $79 USB hard drives.
Yep. Reckon that'll solve the problem...
TROLLING WORKS.
In this case the problem is really one of identity protocols and not the cloud BUT this guy had a bunch of devices all hooked into the cloud: once in there the bad guys took all of his cloud-connected devices.
So PEBKAC is part of his disaster, Apple and Amazon are another part, and what the cloud can bring you - seamless interconnectivity - can be a problem in itself. So a point for Mandos and the computers-should-be-hard argument.
Also relinking to this for fun. There are some very smart people who can bend technology to their will but relying on people to be stupid seems like the easier payoff.
I got a 32 MB USB drive from Micro Center for 26.99. Pretty useful for retrieving my gigantic picture folders from the winetop.
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That is G.B., of course.
Giga Bouffant.
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I think that's the first time I've had a request to be a shithead on the internet.
Mostly I do it without being asked.
You have a new JAHB!!!
How was that?
Awesome! Yer hired!
I hope everyone is going to watch Poultrygeist RIGHT NOW.
Mostly I do it without being asked.
New intern!!
Interning at Riddled probably pays more than architecture....
Plus, free Absinthe and horse semen.
I do not believe we have blogged about absinthe. Yet.
You know that doesn't mean you don't offer it, Smut. what, you think we don't pay attention?
Hmpf. Anyways, modern absinthe is unadulterated and stuff, not like CLASSIC absinthe, so not as much fun
Not even with horse semen?
fish has been going strange places since he shut down his blog.
Disgusting places.
Tijuana, even.
Love the donkey show.
Hmpf. Anyways, modern absinthe is unadulterated and stuff, not like CLASSIC absinthe, so not as much fun
Memo to self: Start brewing wormwood beer again.
"again"?
You disappoint.
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