First thought I had after read through, how much did that masters cost and you didn’t learn that you can turn off the broadcast name so only people who know it’s there can connect? Probably not even a real degree, freakonomjcs did an episode maybe 10 years ago that said probably 5% of degrees are fake, bet it’s 20% now, lying is culturally through the roof.
Comment on After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship
Deebster@programming.dev 1 week ago
The source story is worth a read.
Marrero’s background is in Navy intelligence, and she earned a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in information security and digital management
Incredible.
But she soon changed the “STINKY” Wi-Fi network name to another moniker that looked like a wireless printer — even though no such general-use wireless printers were present on the ship, the investigation found.
Why not just switch off broadcasting the SSID?
she soon changed the “STINKY” Wi-Fi network name to another moniker that looked like a wireless printer — even though no such general-use wireless printers were present on the ship
[The CO and XO] then conducted another sweep inside the ship. Although the network that appeared to be a wireless printer appeared on their personal devices during their search, neither made additional inquiries regarding that network
No-one’s coming out of this looking good.
Marrero’s secret Starlink dish was removed the same day, and Marrero told another unidentified crew member the next day that it was authorized for in-port use — prompting sailors to re-install the illegal Starlink.
It just keeps going!
pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 week ago
stoly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Having an understanding of technology genetically and knowing how specific technologies work barely different things. The first takes great effort. The second is done by a nerd who can’t sleep and is curious.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exactly, and very often the only difference between BS level courses and MS level were the need to write extra papers and get better grades. And almost all of it was theoretical.
stoly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
On the other hand, what bothers me in industry is when people are like “these damned kids don’t know nothing” when in reality you are talking about VERY motivated people who are highly intelligent but without experience. They just need direction and the chance to build confidence.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I have a general understanding of tech without a degree tho.
stoly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So you complied with the second part of my statement.
BluesF@lemmy.world 1 week ago
MBAs should be renamed Master’s in Bullshit Administration.
jdeath@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Mostly Bad Answers
return2ozma@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The levels of incompetence.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
To be fair, if the lead NCO of a unit is just going to flat out lie then a lot of people are going to believe it. I can’t imagine being a lower NCO or enlisted and thinking command actually authorized the chiefs to break operational security for entertainment, but only them. Every chief in that crew should be busted and flagged against promotion again. The investigation was completely right to say if they didn’t know, they should have.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I may have missed it in this article, though I believe I read elsewhere, that she got busted down one rank and that’s it. I know military in general is having retention and recruitment issues, but to me this is more than just a busting down offense. That the senior enlisted on a ship would so nonchalantly disregard OPSEC demonstrates either a clear lack of understanding, or worse, something more nefarious.
We saw a naval officer relieved of command for having the scope backwards on his rifle. This, to me, rises to a much higher level.
flyingchaucer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Well in that case, it was just a matter of bad optics.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The door is over there, good day Sir.
martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Didn’t spot that one coming
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Take my upvote and get out of my sight.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There’s a lot of punishment that doesn’t show up in the top line in the military. She may be flagged to lose her security clearance, (dishonesty, incompetence, and corruption) which would be the end of her career. They may also outright flag her as not eligible for re-enlistment. She’s certainly not ever going to live that down and it’s not a counseling form that disappears in six months. I’d be very surprised if she ever promotes again.
All that said, where I was, in the infantry, lying to your commander like that, while endangering the unit, would be either an Other Than Honorable discharge or a Big Chicken Dinner. (Bad Conduct discharge, do not pass go, do not bother with the VA, do not collect retirement, hope future employers never ask about your discharge)
CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah and that destroyer CO relieved of command for letting his sailors get treatment for COVID (before we had a vaccine) but this sailor just gets busted a rank for breaching OPSEC?! It’s not like she did it for fun, she’s probably compromised by some foreign actor. I’ve heard stories of the military making dumb decisions but damn.