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Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet

coffeeClean@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

When I entered I spoke to a different librarian about the locked PC room (due to a holiday or something). They said I could use wifi but need to give a phone number to a captive portal, which I already knew. I said is it okay if I plug in over there by the catalog PCs? They said yes. Revealing what I mean by plugging in, well, i was vague for a reason. I know the population has become ethernet-hostile¹ so indeed asking for forgiveness is better than asking for permission in this situation.

¹ Another library in the area has ethernet ports but they are decoys. I asked the librarian what the problem is, why they are disabled, and whether we can turn them on. Librarian was helpless, and said “use wifi”, which didn’t work for me for different reasons than the other library. But the librarian basically said in so many words “not our problem… you can use wifi.” At another library, I was able to connect but Tor was blocked. I tried to get support from the librarian. They had no clue but were also unwilling to lead me to someone who could give support. The way it works around here is security gets outsourced to some unreachable tech giant, and the librarians are rendered helpless. If the SSID does not appear, they can send an email to say it’s down, and that’s about the full extent of their capability.

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mark3748@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Another library in the area has ethernet ports but they are just decoys (dead ports). I asked the librarian what the problem is, why they are disabled, and whether we can turn them on.

They’re not decoys, they’re just not patched. Because we don’t generally patch anything that’s not going to be in use. Also because some rando will probably attempt to plug their nasty ass laptop into it, which is also why we block port intrusions.

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- Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  They’re not decoys, they’re just not patched.
  
  Equipment isn’t free, after all, especially if you’re a library.
  
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EssentialCoffee@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Why didn’t you tell this librarian that you’d asked another librarian and they said it was okay to plug in? Why was none of this included in the original post?

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- coffeeClean@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The librarian who said it was okay to plugin (which they likely understood to mean plugin an A/C power cord) was young, not as senior as the other person. I’m not going to take someone down and get them in trouble for not picking apart what it means when someone asks if they can “plug-in”. What would the point be? I didn’t need a defense. I got scolded and was walking out. Police were not called and I was not detained. And if that had happened, I would have exercised my right to remain silent.
  
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  - Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You sound insufferable. You used vague wording to justify not using your phone to get internet, and act like child when you get caught. They’re not hostile to Ethernet, they’re hostile to you and your behaviour.
    
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    coffeeClean@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Great example of getting mad at a bitch eating crackers.
    
    I merely unplugged my ethernet cable from the wall.
    
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invisiblegorilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wouldn’t want you on my network either to be fair. People like you should be kept in an isolated area of the network with a proxy pointing all your traffic to resolve Italkaloadofshit.com

Jumped up little twat.

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- kernelle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I know right? Everyone cheering them on, meanwhile I’m reading the OP and find them to be pretentious and maladjusted. Who talks about the ‘clearnet’ like it’s the internet of normies?
  
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