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I feel this. Recently implemented a very trivial “otp to sign an electronic document” function in our app.

Security heard “otp” and forced us through a 2 month security/architecture review process for this sign-off feature that we built with COTs libraries in a single sprint.


Oh I know that feeling. We got in hot water because the codes were 6 digits long and security decided we needed to make them eight digits.

We pushed back and initially they agreed with us and gave us an exception, but about a year later some compliance audit told them it was no longer acceptable and we had to change it ASAP. About a year after that they told us it needed to be ten characters alphanumeric and we did a find and replace in the code base for "verification code" and "otp" and called them verification strings, and security went away.


Heh. We also got treated to the digit thing. That topic alone was about 30 mins of mtg. time with a vp of eng and 2 seniors in the mtg.


To be fair, I would also be alarmed, albeit not by OTP. "sign an electronic document" and "built with COTs libraries in a single sprint" is essentially begging for a security review. Signatures and their verification are non-trivial, case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42590307


Nobody said you shouldn’t do any due diligence. But 1 sprint vs 2 months of review really smells like ‘processes over people’. ;)


A more positive view would be that the security team may have had different priorities to the product team.


Two months of review after the work would be a lot more useful than before.


I just got the first book on Audible, and it does sound like it’s going to be a real treat!


Warning, it's a single novel in twenty one volumes.


My father did say I had better gear up for this when i told him haha.


Also according to the EU:

Natural gas is now green in some circumstances. I'm not sure what to make of this.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/06/europe-natural-gas-nuclear-a...


> I used to see an ex-NFL running back in the gym sauna. He could barely move most days before 30+ minutes in the heat.

This. Anecdotally, I know a retired NFL Offensive lineman. He is on a full NFL disability pension at 35 years old because of knee and shoulder injuries. Moving anywhere is very difficult for him.


> Would decades of squats, deadlifts, free weights/kettlebells ... to withstand most chances of hip breaks occurring

If you look at a lot of competitive athletes and bodybuilders, they tend to be pretty broken in their old age. E.g. Ronnie Coleman - former Mr. Olympia - could barely walk after tons of spinal and back surgeries.

Maybe you have the bone density - but if you are immobile with tons of joint and arthritis issues, it probably will not help.


Lifting weights is not body building.

Lifting weights doesn't mean trying to max it out every session. It's still "lifting weights" to go in and do a half hour of compound lifts with moderate weights. Most people can keep that up for a long time.


Yeah but what about people who are not ultimate freaks of nature like the rest of us? You can't look at a guy like Ronnie Coleman and say that's what most people can achieve with decades of squats, deadlifts and free weights. As far as I've seen, decades of squats , deadlifts and freeweights are super beneficial for keeping strong in your old age and actually reduce the likelihood of joint issues and also reduce the risk of falling.


Would it be be fare to say Ronnie wasn’t a healthy person?

I don’t consider body builders who use steroids to be healthy people, I lift weights everyday.


He is an outlier. He lifted very heavy weights and did tons of peds.


Also to note, he had horrendous form and was victim of the painkiller downward spiral, product of his various back surgeries.


Ouch. Out of curiosity, are those local or federal regulations?


Mostly state level here in the US. The feds just don't allow any type of gambling across state lines but otherwise leave it up to the states to regulate. Its actually a huge pain in the ass to deal with since there has been very little standardization of state regulations so far.


Maybe. But I would say for me the benefits of not suffering "breakthrough" hayfever attacks far outweigh the side effects.

Antihistamines are great - but the nasal corticosteroids are what really control my hayfever (1) when used consistently.

1 - Hayfever so bad that I used to have to get custom serum shots containing the local pollen profile, every 2 weeks as a kid. Had anaphylaxis twice.


You don't need a gun when you can create a shotgun like effect covering 15-20m.

E.g. a Russian loitering drone has 2kg of steel ball bearings and plastic explosives combined together. [1]

1 - https://imgur.com/a/Kyr3qJj


I know it doesn't matter for reading text, but the look is no bueno.

I really think this detracts from the credibility of a "Security expert".


She is trying to find an identity in tech. A few years ago she was a "professional web developer". Many of us have been there, titles give some sort of security to people; even if they are not well-fitting.


> "I am greatly disappointed by the long period of time that transpired between our notification...once WE received the Sitel summary report WE should have moved more swiftly to understand its implications."

This is an example of total non-ownership. He is the CSO. It should be "I" or "My" and not diffusing responsibility onto his team with "We".

In my book you should celebrate your successes as a team ("we", "our") but failures are ALWAYS on leaders ("I", "my").


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