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A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months (www.theverge.com)
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A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months::Former Gizmodo writer Tom McKay managed to stay in the company’s workplace Slack even after leaving. All he had to do was change his name to “Slackbot.”

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Reminds me of the time I found a professor's lanyard (not the ID) in college and would just wave it around. Half the time, security shrugged and let me through without scanning my ID.

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