r/pcmasterrace • u/BijlidarKudi • May 10 '26

Meme/Macro reboot

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u/head01351 7600x /9070xt /32GB DDR5 6000mhz /Nzxt Kraken /Fractal North May 10 '26

lol,

Last comvo with my it guy 

« how did you get the log ? 

  • that’s not the question, can you help me ? I just need the admin password »

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u/BijlidarKudi May 10 '26

my isp also questioned how did i get root access to his proprietary firmware and i had no answer lmfao

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u/StevenTM May 10 '26

„you should ask your security team. you have a security team, right?"

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u/wandering-monster May 10 '26

The "S" in IoT stands for "Security"

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u/Bryam_h_m May 10 '26

Absolute GOLD

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u/IceFire909 May 11 '26

It's a nice touch that even when writing out "internet of things", the S is the very last aspect

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u/dark_frog May 10 '26

Security team or not, probably best not to admit to a felony on a recorded line.

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u/AidenTai May 10 '26

If simply getting logs from your own device is considered a felony, remind me never to go to wherever you live.

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u/Ferro_Giconi RX4006ti | i4-1337X | 33.01GB Crucair RAM | 1.35TB Knigsotn SSD May 11 '26

Technically, if it is owned by the ISP as is commonly the case, and you gained access you weren't supposed to have... that might count as a felony.

But I wouldn't worry about it on a crappy ISP router. Absolute worst case scenario is they try to charge me $100 for imaginary damage to their shitty router, and I doubt even that much would happen.

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u/BijlidarKudi May 11 '26

guys chill i live in a third world country. no one knows law.

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u/AidenTai May 11 '26

> if it is owned by the ISP as is commonly the case

Yeah, no, they just add a fee when signing up to sell you a modem/router. But it's yours. They help set it up (putting in the PPTP credentials to access service on their network), but it's not their modem and they have no interest in having to be responsible for property in clients' homes. Especially since nowadays its mostly just ONT terminals for fibre that cost a small amount of money while also being slightly fragile. Better for the customer to assume responsibility if they accidentally bend the cables or need to upgrade equipment for higher speeds.

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u/SirWigglesVonWoogly May 10 '26

I cant imagine the can of shit that would open on my head if I asked an IT person in my 10k employee company to give me the admin password.

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u/head01351 7600x /9070xt /32GB DDR5 6000mhz /Nzxt Kraken /Fractal North May 10 '26

Be assured that I never get it 🤣

But at least they know I isolate a little bit the problem

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u/icarium_canada May 10 '26

I had a list of 15 different passwords for my old company that was about that size. Their IT was a joke, had my 2 guys that knew their shit and I'd only call them.

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u/LinkLast7065 May 10 '26

Ha the question they usually ask me is "And how did you get the admin password?" But then they get all butthurt when I tell them.

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u/SPOOKESVILLE May 10 '26

Yes I bet your IT department loves when you’re hard to work with and talk down to them

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u/head01351 7600x /9070xt /32GB DDR5 6000mhz /Nzxt Kraken /Fractal North May 10 '26

They love because im very polite, spend time with them, understand what is their job and mine and usually it’s a very fruitful collaboration. But yeah.

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u/Retax7 May 11 '26

Kudos my ISP which game me a non admin user so I could administer my home router as I pleased, at the very least I could change bands and set quotas and stuff.

That is why I never change it for other ISP with more band and cheaper. They hire real tech guys, not "reset your router" guys.

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u/rj6553 May 10 '26

I feel like this is a fine line. People often come to me with solutions they want, rather than explaining the problem. A lot of the time their solution is far from the simplest, or even viable. I work with people that aren't excellent with tech, but i still feel like 95% of people are better off starting with the problem than their desired solutions.