Freee!!

2 hours ago, KWA said:

Any organisation who is serious about it can detect a VPN and do something about it, but most aren't serious or don't pay enough to keep up to date in the gane of chase.  If you have a trusted friend/family member in the location you want to look like being in, then set up a personal one on their premises.

And that is pretty hard to detect.

28 minutes ago, Zeb said:

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Its no excuse of course and they or innocent bystander(s) could have copped a bullet.

I wouldn't have shed a tear if they had copped a bullet. Innocent bystanders are something completely different.

3 hours ago, ChiFlyer said:

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Other people are worried about getting food on their family table and I am bitching about my budgeting problems. Shame on me.

FWP 😉

I would recommend asking some places that have their t-shirts printed for their employees.

EDIT: @Zeb beat me with better info.

23 minutes ago, boydeste said:

As previously said, if you feel the need to change your password, it is easy to do yourself. 

I personally hate password change enforcement,  because I then have to remember what I changed it to.

Was my biggest hate in my last job, where due to the security access risk, we had to change it every month on 3 different systems and you can't reuse a previous one.

That password change policy is against NIST guidelines as it leads to passwords that are easier to remember and as such easier to crack.

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The password requirement basics under the updated NIST SP 800-63-3 guidelines are:

• Length—8-64 characters are recommended.
• Character types—Nonstandard characters, such as emoticons, are allowed when possible.
• Construction—Long passphrases are encouraged. They must not match entries in the prohibited password dictionary.
• Reset—Required only if the password is compromised or forgotten.
• Multifactor—Encouraged in all but the least sensitive applications.

https://www.isaca.org/resources/isaca-journal/issues/2019/volume-1/nists-new-password-rule-book-updated-guidelines-offer-benefits-and-risk

3 hours ago, fygjam said:

Why did I read that as Fellatio and Cunnilingus...

 

I read the latter as Cashbomb.

27 minutes ago, Golfingboy said:

Good question mate, but as a guy whose big mouth has only been saved by his 300 pound frame many times…..

Nobody’s f—king business but mine….no disrespect intended 

None taken, just curiosity as I can't come up with any reasonable explanation for that restriction.  Within a certain country is something which I can understand, but unless there might be a need to get on location within a specified (and short) time frame, I can't think of anything.

26 minutes ago, Golfingboy said:

Want to thank you fellas for the fast response…..Let’s just say even I won’t be an ex-pat for a while, as planned

Sounds like it might work for a week or a month, but let’s just say they would no doubt look into it given the resources available and I would be SOL

Most likely.

But why the strict requirement? 

1 minute ago, Lirchenfeld said:

Yes. If you are physically in another place and you use a VPN set to to a different location, the website owner/admin will see you from the location you have selected in the VPN. 

 

But.... since VPN servers are shared by many other users who have set their VPN program to the same location as you, you are then sharing the same IP address (or range). You have no control over what other people are using the given IP for, thus some websites might restrict services or simply deny access to an IP address from VPNs.

That problem can be limited by using a reputable VPN provider. 

19 minutes ago, Golfingboy said:

OK very simple question for those in the know…..but might have very serious implications for me in the future…..

I have never had a VPN, but really thinking about it now. What I need to know is….If I am using a site, whether it be an employer, social, whatever whose only strict requirement is that I physically must be in the Montreal area while online……

 

CAN I GET AWAY WITH CHANGING MY LOCATION TO MONTREAL FROM THAILAND, COLOMBIA, ETC  without them knowing, hence technically not breaking any rules ???

Thanks in advance fellas

Technically, you would be breaking the rules, but the chances of getting caught are limited, as long as you have a Montreal area exit point. They may catch you with a latency test though, especially when they are located in the Montreal area. They won't know where you are, but they will know you are more than 1,000 miles from Montreal.

19 minutes ago, fygjam said:

Would have been better if he had ended up sitting in the chair.

Maybe for him, not for the operator and all future idiots trying to repeat the stunt.

EDIT: And this video may already have given some of them that idea.

3 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

 

I'd say it was more a matter of bad timing on his part and the wrong place to create a jump for the course developer.

35 minutes ago, fygjam said:

FlightRadar24 says the aircraft flew from Sydney to LAX on 6th December. Looks like it spent 2-3 days in the US not flying before going from LAX to Melbourne.

It also landed at LAX on 6th December.

That story isn't quite clear where the tool went missing from.