I was part of a 4 person IT team managing the company’s Linux servers and infrastructure. I was given a Windows 8 laptop from CostCo. The other admins had Windows laptops but EVERYONE else had Mac laptops. I was the only Mac-centric admin so the engineers came to me for help but mostly I kept their servers running using MobaTek’s terminal app. I used the browser and mail client on the laptop but that’s was the extent of my win8 usage. Which I could have run the configuration management tool we ran (puppet). Jenkins and git were running on the Linux boxes. I had to fix the CEO’s admin’s PC 4 times to remove malware but the engineers and their macs were problem free except for bad keyboards which Apple fixed.
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mvilain@infosec.pubto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 statesEnglish
16·5 months agoIt’s better than leaving them in some men’s room baby changing station with the sign “Place sacrifice here” sign taped to it.
mvilain@infosec.pubto
Pulse of Truth@infosec.pub•Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackersEnglish
51·8 months agoI’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.
mvilain@infosec.pubto
Pulse of Truth@infosec.pub•Study finds that school-based online surveillance companies monitor students 24/7English
11·11 months agoBack in 2009, a High School Vice Principle watched via a student’s webcam on their school supplied laptop at night as the kid snacked on Mike & Ike candies IN HIS BEDROOM. She summoned him to her office to accuse him of taking drugs. This got her sued along with the school district who configured the school’s laptops to allow for the spying. Sadly, the FBI said there wasn’t enough to prove criminal intent.
I won’t let that stuff on my system for any reason. I took a qualification test as part of job interview with the camera covered. Guess dodged a bullett and didn’t get the job?

Yep. Worth every nickel (aren’t pennies any more) I stuff in his tip jar every month. THANKS JERRY.