nice to know

thank you

I like how this is allowed

altering your car plate is illegal in Europe

I dunno if it's allowed. You can't vandalize your plate or render it unreadable, but something like this is just, like

well, it doesn't seem to hinder identification

so who really cares

now, if it interferes with automatic plate recognition

that might be a different story

they were trying automatic plate recognition by traffic cameras in Switzerland, so I put a sticker with `'; DROP TABLE ` next to the plate and got a fine

ha

with how un-security-conscious things in taiwan are, they probably just don't check the input

Oh come on, Taiwan is way more digitalized than all of Europe together

even your temples have fancy dot matrix displays

yeah but like

that just isn't something that would really come up

at the same time i'm just talking out of my ass, if they have a standard operating procedure they follow then it'd be taken care of, but it's just my impression of how we approach things

what do you mean?

just not worrying too much about that aspect of security

physical security is usually decent, lots of cameras everywhere

yes and women waiting zones in far away train stations

I liked that

but things like software i dunno, i never hear that discussed

businesses still use XP, run pirated software and unsigned code

USB sticks just picked up and used and plugged in everywhere

only one thing security wise made me think, the citibank online banking of my gf only works with Windows and internet explorer

they block you out of every other os / browser

probably just-in-case something they designed 15 years ago didn't work properly on another browser

some still use activeX controls for the online ATM function

exactly

to access the smart card reader

your bank will probably give you one of those for free if you ask

the integrated one of the thinkpad works fine tbh, just the fact that they use completely unmaintained software in a banking environment is a little weird

yeah, but it's kind of like a form of 2factor

But I noticed the heavy Win XP usage still in 2018

I never use that function though

I just set it up with mine to verify through my phone

that works? Didn't know that, I'll tell her, the auth is a pain rn

might depend on the bank, but I can do ATM transfers online just with a phone verification

Are you at citibank?

not really one to discuss that sort of thing