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A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months (www.theverge.com)

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A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months::Former Gizmodo writer Tom McKay managed to stay in the company’s workplace Slack even after leaving. All he had to do was change his name to “Slackbot.”

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the time I found a professor's lanyard (not the ID) in college and would just wave it around. Half the time, security shrugged and let me through without scanning my ID.

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Too bad it wasn't a chemistry professor with access to the lab