Comment on LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences

• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  IT here, Yes, by all means involve me. I will buy a second monitor and plug it into a known box that is no business going anywhere. I will then block, at the network firewall level, any outbound traffic to anything that thing talks to. If it uses its own MAC address at the head end I will then collect and publish every connection that thing tries to make outside to a blacklist and provide it to the public.

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  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you network admin! You’re a hero!

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  • vithigar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds way more interesting than most IT work as well. I’d definitely rather do some investigative work like this than a typical parade of password resets, email assistance, and software installations.

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    • Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I had to ask a helpdesk for a 2fa reset once. Interstingly, they didn’t make me identify myself except for first at last name. Not sure what point the 2FA has if it’s that easy to remove.

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      • rolaulten@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Depending on the help desk they probably knew it was you. Did you call from a phone HR knows about and is personal to you? If it was a walk up, they make the ticket before or after resetting your MFA?

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    • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Hells yes.

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    • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Hands you a random laptop.

      “The thing doesn’t work.”

      Refuses to elaborate and leave.

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      • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It and I appear to have the same thing wrong with us. I’m not working on it.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You could also just stick it in a VLAN with no route to other networks.

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    • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Easily. I could also simply deny it access to the internet. But sometimes you need to look out for more than just your own.

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