The Leadership Question

Zoom is the best virtual meeting platform I’ve used yet. The security issues have existed For at least a year or two and have been published With directions to correct computer settings to avoid the security issues. 

Zoom security bug lets attackers steal Windows passwords

https://mashable.com/article/zoom-vulnerability-windows-passwords/
 

As far as security vulnerabilities go, this one is pretty bad, as it doesn’t require a lot of knowledge to exploit. It does require the victim to actually click on a link, and it can be mitigated by tinkering with Windows’ security settings, but it’s definitely something Zoom should fix by changing the way the platform’s chat handles UNC links. 

In the meantime, for a quick fix, go to Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> Network security: Restrict NTLM: Outgoing NTLM traffic to remote servers and set to “Deny all”.

Make those changes and don’t click links if prompted while using that program. 

Sturg, Twitter is one thing (along with Facebook) that I visit less than weekly. If I get an email telling me someone I’m interested in enough to check in on (there are probably half a dozen at best) I’ll visit. Aside from that I don’t bother and they don’t bother me. Cuts down dramatically on the number of WTFs I post. 

And in news today, experts, including Dr. Fauci (Tony as I call him) say the best case/worst case numbers floated by trumpco through Debra Birx aren’t worth shit. 

 

At a task force meeting this week, according to two officials with direct knowledge of it, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told others there are too many variables at play in the pandemic to make the models reliable: “I’ve looked at all the models. I’ve spent a lot of time on the models. They don’t tell you anything. You can’t really rely upon models.”

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the vice president’s office have similarly voiced doubts about the projections’ accuracy, the three officials said.

More trumpco management of expectations to make chickenshit look like chicken salad. 

Stupid fuck said yesterday about an advisory about wearing fabric face coverings (scarves, etc.) in COVID-19 hot spots, the guidelines won’t be mandatory because “some people don’t want to do it.” Great. New advisory: “If you want to wear face coverings you can, but if you don’t want to, fuhgeddaboudit.”  

Patd, you might have a point – for the 3 Or so people in the US who understand that masks protect others much more so than the person wearing them. 

March jobs report – 701,000 jobs lost and unemployment rate up to 4.4%. This does not include the 10 million new unemployment claims in the last 2 weeks. Buckle your chin straps. 

BiD, no one is suggesting you took masks needed by healthcare workers away. You explained that you bought them a couple years ago. Use them if you feel you need to and btw, Fuchk ‘em if they can’t take a joke.