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What secret do you know that could ruin someone else's life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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~~Probably a boring answer but~~ I know my grandmother's credit card information. I live with and help take care of her, so she doesn't mind sharing it with me. Not like I'm planning to do anything nefarious, but I guess technically it could ruin her financially.

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 95 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lawyers, accountants, and software engineers accumulate these things like you wouldn't believe. We can't tell you about current secrets, only stale ones.

I once knew that the top level password used at a corporation valued at 6 billion dollars was 'password123'. They had no backups, no VPN, and that password was used at all the high-value access points. It's since been fixed, but it was that for years.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's since been fixed, but it was that for years.

I like that this implies you regularly checked

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 2 points 11 months ago

Regularly had to use it to do work I was contracted to do.

Company went public one day, they restructured massively to become more efficient. I imagine that kind of stuff stopped then, but don't really know.

[–] Cinner@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

"What the CEO wants, the CEO gets" - head of IT doing nothing for 300k/yr

[–] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised the password wasn't 1-2-3-4-5, like on their luggage.

[–] rifugee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of idiot uses that on their luggage?

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Damn, I've got to go change the combination on my luggage!