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Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - davester - 07-12-2011
because my parents taught me that sharing is good.
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - cbelt3 - 07-12-2011
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Seacrest]
[quote=silvarios]
Side note, while silly to have file sharing enabled in a public place, shouldn't file sharing be access protected anyway?
I can see a whole bunch of people's names in my Sidebar.
Not a big deal, I guess, maybe to some people.
If your name is visible in someone else's Sidebar and if access to your drive is not password-protected, it could become a big deal to you.
Bored while sitting at the Honolulu airport a few months ago, I investigated all the computers listed in my Sidebar. Most were password-protected, but one wasn't. This guy had multiple documents related to his business in plain view. Spreadsheets, invoices, upcoming gigs... you name it, it was on display. If I were the type of person to do so, I could have wiped out his business in just a few minutes. Instead, I opened a text document on his desktop and left him a note to say that he REALLY needed to do a better job of securing his computer.
N-OX... you're lucky.
What you did is technically against the law.
It's the electronic equivalent of entering a house through an unlocked front door and leaving a note on the kitchen counter saying "You should lock your doors' !
If you're caught, you ARE guilty of "Entering". Not "Breaking". And electronically you're guilty of illegal entry to a computer system. The same penalty applies if you had hacked the NSA and left a note saying "LULZSEC RUL3Z ! N00b5 !"
Don't Do it again. We don't want to have to visit you in jail.
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - edgarbc1 - 07-12-2011
cbelt3 wrote:
obligatory ackbar image in 3.2.1
:-)
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - Seacrest - 07-12-2011
davester wrote:
because my parents taught me that sharing is good.
So that was you?
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-12-2011
cbelt3 wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
[quote=Seacrest]
[quote=silvarios]
Side note, while silly to have file sharing enabled in a public place, shouldn't file sharing be access protected anyway?
I can see a whole bunch of people's names in my Sidebar.
Not a big deal, I guess, maybe to some people.
If your name is visible in someone else's Sidebar and if access to your drive is not password-protected, it could become a big deal to you.
Bored while sitting at the Honolulu airport a few months ago, I investigated all the computers listed in my Sidebar. Most were password-protected, but one wasn't. This guy had multiple documents related to his business in plain view. Spreadsheets, invoices, upcoming gigs... you name it, it was on display. If I were the type of person to do so, I could have wiped out his business in just a few minutes. Instead, I opened a text document on his desktop and left him a note to say that he REALLY needed to do a better job of securing his computer.
N-OX... you're lucky.
What you did is technically against the law.
It's the electronic equivalent of entering a house through an unlocked front door and leaving a note on the kitchen counter saying "You should lock your doors' !
If you're caught, you ARE guilty of "Entering". Not "Breaking". And electronically you're guilty of illegal entry to a computer system. The same penalty applies if you had hacked the NSA and left a note saying "LULZSEC RUL3Z ! N00b5 !"
Yup. Good luck finding me.
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - DP - 07-13-2011
OK, I'll take the hit for being the dumb one... I don't use wi-fi much but where do I find the settings to check? Is it in the computer prefs or the browser. I just checked FF prefs and nowhere do I see anything that says anything like "don't allow file sharing".
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - DP - 07-13-2011
Found it. When I read the thread title. Sys Prefs>Internet & Wireless>Sharing. No boxes checked. Whew!
Re: Why do you people have file-sharing enabled on your Macbooks... - silvarios - 07-13-2011
System Preferences->Sharing