So as I go around town, I see more and more of these industrial-type control panels.
The problem is that they are stupidly in the open and unprotected or otherwise easily defeated.
While probably not a serious threat of any sort, this one apparently is a unit to control some fans in an underground garage open to the public.
You see the knobs you can just turn.
And one with a yellow warning sticker above it.
As if that will keep someone with bad intentions from messing with it.
You also see the red and yellow lights...hey. let's see if we can make those flash on, off, on.
Panel 13, nicely numbered for us--let's look for 1 to 12 and maybe 14+.
It just continues to amaze me that in the age of 9/11 and all the terrorism (and crime) out there that many people still seem so lackadaisical when it comes to basic security.
Anyone in the habit of leaving doors and gates open, windows unlocked, grounds unmonitored, computers and smart phones without password protection, data unencrypted and not backed up, even borders relatively wide open, and so on.
Of course, we love our freedom and conveniences.
We want to forget bad experiences.
Could we be too trusting at times?
Maybe we don't even believe anymore that the threats out there are impactful or real.
But for our adversaries it could just be as simple as finding the right open "opportunity" and that's our bad. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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