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ledow t1_jegbiho wrote

Reply to LPT: Check your email settings periodically. People can hack into your account and set up a forwarding rule that sends them a copy of all your emails, and you'll never know since there's no notification. Changing your password doesn't erase the rule. by LineChatter

As an IT guy, this annoys me.

Guessing your password is not "hacking". It literally should not be possible within the age of the universe.

If someone is in your email account, it's compromised. That's it, game over, start again. Same if someone is in your computer. No antivirus can "clean" your computer to the required standard to recover from that. It's like expecting that knife you just dipped in poison to be used in your gallbladder surgery next week just by wiping it on a tea-towel.

Nobody should know your password. You password should be IMPOSSIBLE to guess. Literally impossible. It's really not that difficult to do. You should have two-factor authentication. Any hint that someone has your managed to access your account should be treated by you shutting it down or - at absolute, bare, minimum for a casual email account that you don't care about - changing the password to a truly secure one, booting out all existing logins for it (there's always an option to "log out everywhere"), wiping all the settings, and implementing 2FA, and then immediately moving to a clean account and telling your contacts (who absolutely should ignore that email and check with you personally anyway!). That's the absolute, absolute, absolute, bare minimum.

Unauthorised access is compromise. Wipe the disk and start again from nothing.

But if you want to stop this ever happening - start using proper god-damn passwords, literally something that cannot even be read by someone who sees it quick enough for them to memorise it correctly.

If you can tell someone your password, and they can get even 80% of it right a few seconds later, then it's not secure.

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ajmacbeth t1_jegazcz wrote

Reply to LPT Request: Best way to tell my kids (ages 6, 6, 2) that a beloved uncle has died by jcujcu

Just be straight with them. Children are remarkably more mature than they are given credit for. How you handle it is how they’ll forever remember. Be calm, not overly emotional, and forthright.

Example: “Kids, I have some difficult news. Your uncle died yesterday. “ And then answer their questions simply and to the point. Treat them as if you believe they can handle it, and they will likely handle it just fine.

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hey_nonny_mooses t1_jegav1o wrote

Reply to comment by OldNavyBoy in LPT: Since April 1st is coming up. A good tip to live by is that everyone should be able to laugh at your prank at the end. If everyone ends up laughing at the person getting pranked, and they are just the punchline, chances are you're just being a jerk. Don't be a jerk. by moosepooo

Sounds like you need someone to be your “good judgement check” like a friend or family member you run your pranks by before doing them.

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ProblemLongjumping12 OP t1_jegauyq wrote

Reply to comment by ttermayhem in LPT: Don't say "hello" at the beginning of your outgoing voicemail message. People will start talking to your recording and be annoyed. by ProblemLongjumping12

Since we're giving advice, work on your consideration for other people. Like leaving your cart in the parking lot this is something that requires the most minuscule effort to correct, but could frustrate and annoy other people. Why be an asshole when you can just not? Why test people's patience? You said you refuse to work with people who can be annoyed; what gives you the right to hold people up to your made-up standards for patience. In life we often have to interact with people who we may personally dislike for whatever reason. Some people are prickly and impatient. Some people are just having a bad day and little things can make it worse. Why be that little thing if you can avoid it.

Go in peace.

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ttermayhem t1_jeg9lnm wrote

Reply to comment by ProblemLongjumping12 in LPT: Don't say "hello" at the beginning of your outgoing voicemail message. People will start talking to your recording and be annoyed. by ProblemLongjumping12

Haha. No one else on earth gets so easily upset at this. And I doubt I will ever find myself working for you. And if I worked for anyone like that, I would quit (which I have). In addition to your anger, work on your self-respect as well.

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ProblemLongjumping12 OP t1_jeg94ag wrote

Reply to comment by ttermayhem in LPT: Don't say "hello" at the beginning of your outgoing voicemail message. People will start talking to your recording and be annoyed. by ProblemLongjumping12

So your boss or a client, someone who you have no authority over but whom you need to work with, calls you and they mention that they had to repeat themselves and found it annoying, your response to them is: What you need to ask yourself is: why am I so easily annoyed?? Work on your anger issues and watch things improve. B U L L S H I T. You'd apologize and rethink the message like any normal person open to valid criticism.

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