I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and served a summons

Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by MikeTheGreat on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:39PM (#30706550)

Serious question: are internet cafes still a thing?

Admittedly this is from a small sample of Seattle-area coffee shops but most of my experiences with non-home non-work WiFi is at coffee shops that provide the WiFi but expect you to bring your own device (laptop, phone, etc).

Is it still common to go someplace and rent time on a computer provided by the owner (i.e., at an internet cafe?)

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by joe_the_user on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:49PM (#30706628)

I don't think places you can rent machines are common (except libraries as noted but these may require ID) but the steps "buy machine with cash, take machine to anonymous cafe outside your area and get wifi password, upload info" still seem reasonably secure. You can throw the machine off a bridge later if you're paranoid - and work hard at sanitizing your info while you're at it.

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by AlexCoventry on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:23PM (#30706901)

Can you just spoof your MAC address instead of buying a new machine?

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by kyleee on Thursday March 17, 2022 @01:06AM (#30707851)

possibly but will you bet jail time on it?

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by senectus1 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:05PM (#30706749)

>Serious question: are internet cafes still a thing?

I live in a capital city and am aware of at least three of these still kicking around.

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by thfuran on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:46PM (#30706605)

You can do it for free at a library.

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by wubbert on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:13PM (#30706819)

>are internet cafes still a thing?

I don't know about internet cafes specifically, but pretty much all cafes have internet these days.

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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by dtx1 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:44PM (#30706590)

Here in Germany there are still a lot of them around. Though any rando WiFi hotspot would propably do the trick

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