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hparadiztoday at 3:38 PM3 repliesview on HN

I always ask them if they have root/admin on their computer. Then follow up playing dumb with "shouldn't we lock out PCs too?". Watching them stammer is worth the 30 second aside.


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JoshTripletttoday at 4:54 PM

> Then follow up playing dumb with "shouldn't we lock out PCs too?".

Unfortunately, some banks do, for various functionality; there are many things you can do via bank apps and not typically via their website.

GoblinSlayertoday at 4:41 PM

Locking down PCs is easy: just set a random password.

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huflungdungtoday at 5:17 PM

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