Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Zugschlus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Cappyjax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Cappyjax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@WB2EEE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WB2EEE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/elly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elly</span></a></span> well, I'd rather not take or stay in a job than commit what I call <em>"Professional <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malpractice</span></a>"</em>!</p><ul><li>I know this makes me an outlier, but the fact that I did my job so well that everything I deployed runs like clockwork to this day amd that I'm not short of offers tells me that being a <em>honest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></em> is the way to go morally instead of being a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bootlicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootlicker</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Again: We have this entire shitshow because we allow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> and other dipshits to make up regulations on the spot.</p><ul><li>Also yes, there are means to harden <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Sesktops amd Servers beyond the already existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CommonCriteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonCriteria</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIS2</span></a> as well as beyond <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIDSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIDSS</span></a> compliance and good Distros will even offer a warranty and assurance for that directly - something <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> just won't do for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> no matter the amount of money one shoves down their throat!</li></ul><p>The fact that we even allow that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> [to even exist, espechally] in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> when in <em>both</em> cases their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EULA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EULA</span></a> explicitly bans that use-case is a testiment for the false priorities of regulators and their rules.</p><ul><li>So yeah, if a concrete-headed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> wants that they can have it - but not from or with me!</li></ul><p>And then they all whine about why noone wants to work for them... What a shitshow.</p> <p>Tell you what, I'd rather <a href="https://zug.network/@Zugschlus/112822635158064785" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">welcome such meetings</a>, because the last time some CEO did that (with an absurd office mandate forcing a colleague into a 500km [one-way!] commute twice a week) they basically mobbed out the two best colleagues I had and subsequently imploded the Linux Infrastructure team.</p><ul><li>Last time I checked that company hadn't filled the vacancies and once Recruiters hear the story, they tend to fire said company as a client.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a></p>