How did we get to a place where Cloudflare being down means we see an outage page, but on that page it tells us explicitly that the host we're trying to connect to is up, and it's just a Cloudflare problem.
If it can tell us that the host is up, surely it can just bypass itself to route traffic.
There is an easy answer. Give employees two computers.
One is the 'business' one. Mostly locked down, with checks in place.
The other is on a different network, isolated from all business functions, and they can do what they want but must never use it for work data, just like their phones (that everyone knows they use for social media etc. in the day).
Sure, you still have to deal with copying from one to the other (but there are solutions for that if critical, and much easier to secure).
It sounds crazy, but air-gaps are largely proven and it also means that employees feel less oppressed.
Now I realise, even ignoring the cost, businesses won't want this, as perish the thought their employees may do anything other than work. But I suspect it would actually stop more attacks and issues than otherwise and maybe... just maybe.. employees feel as if they're actually human.
It's not really an easy answer as (1) it doesn't stop phishing attacks hitting work emails so isn't really relevant anyway, (2) most people, executives especially, don't want to cart multiple devices around, which is why we now have to deal with the security nightmare that is supporting work stuff on BYOD phones, (3) I don't work for a SV company with the budget to buy everyone two laptops, and if we did, honestly I think most people would prefer a better single laptop than two mediocre ones. Besides, most people just treat their phone as their personal portable device now. The odd person brings their own laptop.
Developers are the exception here, where usually they'd prefer to develop on a machine with minimal BS running, even if it means carrying around an ultraportable in addition to their development workstation laptop.
Your "crazy" proposition is exactly the reality at many companies: the work computer is increasingly isolated from the Internet. At my last employer their game plan for employees was to move the whole web to a whitelist approach - if you want to browse the web freely, use your personal computer or personal phone.
So most of us carted around a work laptop (connected to corp WiFi) a personal laptop (on guest WiFi or tethered) a work phone and a personal phone.
In other news, you should never ever MDM enroll your personal phone with a work BYOD policy.
> If an election were called tomorrow your next government would be Reform with a massive majority of 339 seats. It is the most popular party in the country by far. It would collect 33% of the vote vs Labour's 18% and the Conservatives would get only 17%, translating to their near-total destruction (only 35 seats).
Only if you believe propaganda. What is the sample size of this poll projection, and what are the election policies being put forward for this election ?
It's clear that Labour are unpopular, but an actual election is not something that anyone is thinking about right now, because it is so far out. Reform would like to suggest they are, but they have yet to show any actual policies other than the usual right-wing rhetoric that may be populist but doesn't fix anything.
Shouting loudly like certain Americans, and pretending you have answers, may be good for headlines, but doesn't convince many real voters.
Sample size for that poll was 2615, about normal or a little bigger than normal for a voting intentions poll in the UK. The people being asked who they'd vote for in the next election are thinking about it, at least. Reform announced specific legislative policies on immigration at a large press event just recently.
It gets difficult in the teenage years, as not having a phone (or access to) effectively isolates them from their peer group and they become outcast.
Whilst this may be good to avoid brain-rot, it eliminates much of their social needs in many cases.
A balance is required, but that needs parents to actually pay attention and not just leave them to isolate themselves (with their phone) into their room.
I’d amend that to “never buying them a smart phone”. There’s nothing particularly addictive about texting with friends, and while there’s certainly still mischief associated with that, it’s not the kind of brain-fry that’s most worrying to me.
I hear this idea that not having social media will “isolate” kids from their peers, but will it? I’m not sure how you would use TikTok to interact with your classmates, given it’s a global app.
I grew up as the weird kid. This was great as I learned it is okay to not be like everyone else. Why are we so obsessed with making kids that fit in with all the brain rotted masses.
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If it can tell us that the host is up, surely it can just bypass itself to route traffic.