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by jariel 2039 days ago
It's very serious stuff, it's not funny.

Someone leaves their doors unlocked it doesn't mean you should be entering.

More importantly, how on bloody earth are defence discussions happening in a situation that can so easily be defeated.

The officials themselves are to blame for blatantly terrible security protocols.

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> Someone leaves their doors unlocked it doesn't mean you should be entering.

Yea, well, it's a useful function of journalism to poke their head in open doors and say "you're doing _WHAT_ in here?!"

I slot this in alongside the time US nuclear missile officers were found asleep, with the door open waiting for takeout - simultaneously seriously disturbing and quite funny.

https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/us/air-force-nuclear-silo-doo...

Someone leaves door unlocked means you must enter one step and scream out loud before criminals come and trigger a global thermonuclear war. That’s basic ethics for software engineers.
This is by far the most effective way to make sure said door is locked in the future. This guy deserves a reward.
I think it's better to have a journalist step in and warn you about your door being open, rather than having someone with bad intentions sneak in, don't you think?