War Room Lounge v182: Came for the Covid, stayed for the hypothermia

[Lead]

Our company did their own internal fake phishing attacks and any employee that fell for it was forced to redo their cyber security training.

<{CMPALM}>

Same here. I’m pretty surprised and the failure rate each test. It’s gotten to the point where they are considering terminations now if repeat offenders can’t improve. Kinda sad but there are really really clear ways usually to tell if an email is a scam.

 

[tonni]

Same here. I’m pretty surprised and the failure rate each test. It’s gotten to the point where they are considering terminations now if repeat offenders can’t improve. Kinda sad but there are really really clear ways usually to tell if an email is a scam.

I had a back and forth with a Nigerian prince when I was 13, my parents were not pleased when I told them "I'm just wasting his time, don't worry".

 

[Falsedawn]

Our company did their own internal fake phishing attacks and any employee that fell for it was forced to redo their cyber security training.

<{CMPALM}>

I'm InfoSec, we run those campaigns fairly regularly.

The best one we ever had was a fake PayPal password reset email, it got probably 90% of the target population. If you know people, you can get them to click a phishing email. All it takes is one for an attack chain to become viable.

 

[Grenz]

Our company did their own internal fake phishing attacks and any employee that fell for it was forced to redo their cyber security training.

<{CMPALM}>

Lol same here. TBF, those emails looked pretty legit, not sure how many people actually fall for them. We get them every couple of months or so.

 

[Wet Blanket]

I've only seen them at hydroponics/coffee shops, so I assumed they were designed to stop the smell of pungent weed escaping your grow room and alerting everyone to your crop.

They don't do anything for smells.

You are right that vacuuming is better for allergen control, but the air purifiers grab some of the loose stuff floating around before it settles I guess? My wife and kids have lots of allergies so we try to do everything that helps.

I do pull a ton of crud out of the filter every time I clean it, but maybe it would end up being vacuumed up anyway?

 

[Shoemaker]

Foxnews is going all in

My favorite response to that was "the dog ate my October surprise."

 

[Ruprecht]

They don't do anything for smells.

You are right that vacuuming is better for allergen control, but the air purifiers grab some of the loose stuff floating around before it settles I guess? My wife and kids have lots of allergies so we try to do everything that helps.

I do pull a ton of crud out of the filter every time I clean it, but maybe it would end up being vacuumed up anyway?

Are you sure? They do a good trade in the ones with carbon filters and ozone generators.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

My favorite response to that was "the dog ate my October surprise."

"The lack of proof is the proof"

 

[Wet Blanket]

Are you sure? They do a good trade in the ones with carbon filters and ozone generators.

I have read the ozone things are snake oil and possible dangerous.

There are some with the charcoal filters that other have mentioned, but I have no experience with those. Mine have an option for a pre filter that is supposed to take out smells but the one I put it in doesnt seem to make a difference.

 

[Mr Holmes]

I don't think we have that brand here. I was looking at the electrolux.



A lot of them also have activated carbon filters which take gases and odours out of the air. But I'm mostly buying it because my dog brings so much dust into my house that I'd have to vacuum basically every day to keep up with it. Also, most places in europe don't have central air, which gives you some filtration.

Alen Breathsmart. Not Allen..

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

The great thing for Matt is none of his followers subscribe to WaPo so they'll just assume it's true lol

 

[tonni]

Belgium is heading towards lockdown btw.

 

[Falsedawn]

The great thing for Matt is none of his followers subscribe to WaPo so they'll just assume it's true lol

And then the subscriber said "But Jesus is real" and he got into WaPo, and everyone clapped.

 

[Gregolian]

And then the subscriber said "But Jesus is real" and he got into WaPo, and everyone clapped.

I still contend I see no Frost Giants.

Your move Abrahamic religions.

 

[Andy Capp]

What’s it generally meant to fix? I always assumed vacuuming mostly cleans the air in a place from dust.

It's actually been shown to remove things like, oh say, airborne droplets containing SarsCoV2. So yeah, it's actually beneficial in helping prevent spread of COVID indoors. That's not the reason we bought one, though. We have two cats. It's become a must here. Vacuuming is not nearly as effective as people seem to think. Ask anyone allergic to pets. It's a necessary component of getting that detritus out of your house but vacuuming doesn't do nearly the whole job. I've been far less bothered by my environmental allergies/sensitivities (as the case may be) since we got one, particularly when I'm in bed. I used to frequently wake up half way through the night too stuffed up to breathe. Hardly at all now.

I don't think we have that brand here. I was looking at the electrolux.



A lot of them also have activated carbon filters which take gases and odours out of the air. But I'm mostly buying it because my dog brings so much dust into my house that I'd have to vacuum basically every day to keep up with it. Also, most places in europe don't have central air, which gives you some filtration.

Electrolux is the brand we bought and it seems to work quite well. I dunno about shelling out $100 for a new filter every year, but if it keeps it working as well as it does now it seems like it's worth it.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

@weed you alright bro?

 

[Andy Capp]

They don't do anything for smells.

You are right that vacuuming is better for allergen control, but the air purifiers grab some of the loose stuff floating around before it settles I guess? My wife and kids have lots of allergies so we try to do everything that helps.

I do pull a ton of crud out of the filter every time I clean it, but maybe it would end up being vacuumed up anyway?

I can say from experience that both is quite a bit better than just vacuuming. There is so much that just floats around, not to mention what gets blown in if you ever open your windows. We seem to have a thing for gadgets so we also have one of those Dyson bladeless fans and built into it, there's a sensor for air quality/CO/particulates/humidity/not sure what else. There are times it goes off the charts when we open the windows. Or when I come in from smoking a joint, although I know it's not reacting to the odour. I like the idea it may be possible to intercept a lot of the crud once it gets in rather than having it floating around until eventually settles, if it ever does.

 

[Ruprecht]

I have read the ozone things are snake oil and possible dangerous.

There are some with the charcoal filters that other have mentioned, but I have no experience with those. Mine have an option for a pre filter that is supposed to take out smells but the one I put it in doesnt seem to make a difference.

No experience with the charcoal filters or the ozone generators, so I couldn't say. Although the ozone generators are also used commercially and industrially, so it'd be weird if they were snake oil (unless there's air purifiers that combine methods and don't actually create enough ozone for the area they are supposed to be effective for).

 

[Wet Blanket]

I can say from experience that both is quite a bit better than just vacuuming. There is so much that just floats around, not to mention what gets blown in if you ever open your windows. We seem to have a thing for gadgets so we also have one of those Dyson bladeless fans and built into it, there's a sensor for air quality/CO/particulates/humidity/not sure what else. There are times it goes off the charts when we open the windows. Or when I come in from smoking a joint, although I know it's not reacting to the odour. I like the idea it may be possible to intercept a lot of the crud once it gets in rather than having it floating around until eventually settles, if it ever does.

Yeah, I assume they trap a lot of pollen before it hits the carpet.

 

[tonni]

@weed you alright bro?

That's a nightmare.