{"id":5050,"date":"2014-10-04T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2021-08-26T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T01:29:02","slug":"and-now-i-know-how-personal-information-gets-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2014\/10\/04\/and-now-i-know-how-personal-information-gets-released\/","title":{"rendered":"And now I know how personal information get’s released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thursday I was sitting in a Starbucks next to an insurance guy.<\/p>\n

That isn’t a big deal. What is a big deal is this; He kept leaving his machine to walk outside. And  leaving the computer up & unlocked talking to a VPN connection (I think) to the home office.<\/p>\n

When I first sat down the machine was unattended for at least 20 minutes and I could see the guys corporate email.<\/p>\n

If I happened to be a hacker it wouldn’t have taken me too long with his machine and I’d have been able to download tons of private client data.<\/p>\n

He was looking at Client profiles on a web page that has a ton of personal data plainly visible.<\/p>\n

I mean DUDE at least lock your screen!<\/p>\n

Heck if I’m running my machine on battery, the screen dims and computer locks within 4 minutes of inactivity.<\/p>\n

I’m really surprised at the carelessness of this guy and several other people in the room.<\/p>\n

And don’t even get me started on the unsecured WiFi signals my computer is seeing.<\/p>\n

I swear! All it would have taken is 3 – 5 seconds with a flash drive and this guys computer, and several others in the room would have been sending me all their account information, and all their corporate data too.<\/p>\n

I always try to teach my clients about security and how to make it at least more difficult for bad guys to get at their data.<\/p>\n

For example, I was using my phone hotspot instead the Starbucks WiFi. I was connected to the ONE authorized connection my phone will allow. Why should I expose my email passwords and logins to a network that I’m not familiar with?<\/p>\n

I suppose I’m a little strange. But I can’t see making it EASY for a bad guy to screw me!<\/p>\n

Perhaps I should start teaching Operational Security to corporate clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday I was sitting in a Starbucks next to an insurance guy. That isn’t a big deal. What is a big deal is this; He kept leaving his machine to walk outside. And  leaving the computer up & unlocked talking to a VPN connection (I think) to the home office. When I first sat down … <\/p>\n

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