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The issue isn't how much risk there is in opening it. The problem is that regardless of how much or little risk there is in opening the link, it wasn't op's job

by kss238 7y ago

The issue isn't how much risk there is in opening it. The problem is that regardless of how much or little risk there is in opening the link, it wasn't op's job to examine it. It was unnecessary risk to open the link.

Dylan16807 7y ago
It's unnecessary to look at something on imgur, too, but that doesn't mean you should get reprimanded if that causes a hack somehow.
cloacaFaec 7y ago
it wasn't op's job to examine it Your brand of narrow minded thinking is... Well? Let's just call it pathetic. A brain dead employee, following the letter of the law, by the book, to the bitter end, is, by many orders of magnitude, a greater liability than one that assesses risk and adopts personal responsibility to further investigate a hazard, before taking additional action. Let's say you have an employee, and they smell smoke, but they aren't the fire warden so they ignore it. Not their responsibility. Instead, they go on lunch break. The fire spreads. The building burns to the ground. Would you be happy that they stayed in their little box, kept their head down, and avoided engaging with a potential hazard? Before you answer, I bet you're already locked and loaded to distinguish "fire" as a completely different class of circumstances. And you know what? You'll be completely fucking wrong about that, no matter how you try to twist words and wriggle out of the truth.
overgard 7y ago
I mean, it's not my job to refill the office coffee pot when I take the last cup of coffee, either, but since I'm decent to my coworkers I'd probably do it. Not the OP, but since I know how to open a malicious link safely in wget I would happily do that for similar reasons, and if I got reprimanded for it "not being my job"... I'd start looking for a new job where I'm respected for what I'm able to do.

8 ms·

The issue isn't how much risk there is in opening it. The problem is that regardless of how much or little risk there is in opening the link, it wasn't op's job

by kss238 7y ago

Dylan16807 7y ago
It's unnecessary to look at something on imgur, too, but that doesn't mean you should get reprimanded if that causes a hack somehow.
cloacaFaec 7y ago
it wasn't op's job to examine it Your brand of narrow minded thinking is... Well? Let's just call it pathetic. A brain dead employee, following the letter of the law, by the book, to the bitter end, is, by many orders of magnitude, a greater liability than one that assesses risk and adopts personal responsibility to further investigate a hazard, before taking additional action. Let's say you have an employee, and they smell smoke, but they aren't the fire warden so they ignore it. Not their responsibility. Instead, they go on lunch break. The fire spreads. The building burns to the ground. Would you be happy that they stayed in their little box, kept their head down, and avoided engaging with a potential hazard? Before you answer, I bet you're already locked and loaded to distinguish "fire" as a completely different class of circumstances. And you know what? You'll be completely fucking wrong about that, no matter how you try to twist words and wriggle out of the truth.
overgard 7y ago
I mean, it's not my job to refill the office coffee pot when I take the last cup of coffee, either, but since I'm decent to my coworkers I'd probably do it. Not the OP, but since I know how to open a malicious link safely in wget I would happily do that for similar reasons, and if I got reprimanded for it "not being my job"... I'd start looking for a new job where I'm respected for what I'm able to do.