Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely?

Re:Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely? by chinathrow on Sunday March 15, 2015 @09:45AM (#9206457)

Some others have provided their inputs, my one is just short: take your devices with you, all the time. Yes, that includes the quick toilet break at starbucks.

I can't remember how many times I heard total strangers asking around "can you look after my stuff quickly?". You can do that for your beach towel, but not for your devices.

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Re:Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely? by dpatrick86 on Sunday March 15, 2015 @02:54PM (#9207571)

They're also (arguably inappropriately) broadcasting that you passed some sort of bizarre, arbitrary profiling heuristic.

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Re:Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely? by nnd on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:15AM (#9206734)

Provided that you lock your device before you leave, have the disk encrypted and do regular backups, what's the problem here?

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Re:Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely? by perlgeek on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:27AM (#9206795)

There are lots of quick attack vectors through USB devices, firewire, and other bus systems.

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Re:Ask HN: How Do You Maintain Security When Working Remotely? by chinathrow on Sunday March 15, 2015 @02:44PM (#9207517)

Lots of other attack vectors left wide open, remember Thunderstrike?

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