Independent

IT security has laptops at this company really locked down, and that includes only limited admin rights, reports a road warrior pilot fish.

“On a recent trip, at my hotel I had to make an internet connection and open a web page to log into the hotel’s internet service before I could get a connection to the real internet,” fish says.

“Problem was, the work laptop was not going to let me use the browsers until I had established a VPN connection, which of course I could not do without the web page login.

“In a way, that was good — I took some real vacation time.

“In another way, it was bad, I have big hands and fingers, so using an iPhone and those stupid virtual keyboards is a one-finger, error-prone task. An email that could take seconds to type on a full-size keyboard takes minutes on the phone.

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This server room is getting keycard access to make sure only those on the approved list are allowed to enter, reports a pilot fish on the scene.

“A card reader is installed on the outside of the door to get in,” fish says. “But how to handle exiting the room? Someone has the bright idea that a system administrator inside the server room might have their hands full when they’re trying to leave.

“So a motion sensor is installed on the inside, looking down on the doorway. That way, if someone walks up to the door from the inside, it will automatically unlock.

“But whoever created this system is a much more trusting soul than one of the sysadmins, who looks over the already installed system and sees the flaw.

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