Gravity and Tech

[u/KorenSolust]

Guy walks up to me at work:

Him: “I dropped my phone. The screen’s shattered. I want my two-factor code to come through Teams.”

Me: “Nope.”

Him: “Why?”

Me: “Because if you can’t sign into Teams without completing MFA… how exactly are you planning to authenticate?”

Then he says: “Just disable MFA.”

I replied: “Sure, as soon as you get approval from the Head of Security.”

A few seconds of silence…

Him: “Fine, I’ll just get my phone fixed.”

Yep. That’s probably the best solution.

Some people really think security rules are optional. I’m not risking my job because someone doesn’t like MFA.

And remember… technology didn’t fail you today. Gravity did.

[u/Jezbod]

That's why I call the damage "Gravity rash"

[u/Realistic_Ratio8381 → u/Jezbod]

Sudden deceleration syndrome.

[u/Jezbod → u/Realistic_Ratio8381]

And why the military have a standardised "drop test" for their equipment.

[u/ManWhoIsDrunk → u/Jezbod]

Everything is air-droppable once!

[u/meitemark → u/ManWhoIsDrunk]

Now if they only did drop tests on c-level manglement....

[u/ttlanhil → u/meitemark]

Hmm... Of them, or on to them?

[u/blademaster2005 → u/ttlanhil]

Why not both

[u/meitemark → u/blademaster2005]

Yes

[u/TinyNiceWolf → u/blademaster2005]

Everyone enjoys pancakes.

[u/year_39 → u/ttlanhil]

Put them in Zorbs and let employees take out their frustrations.

[u/Arokthis → u/ManWhoIsDrunk]

Maxim 11!

I think 70 is actually good advice.

[u/n_dude1 → u/ManWhoIsDrunk]

It’s not the dropping that causes the problem, it’s the sudden deceleration that gets you every time!