Dev-ops where compromised.

Where they believe pulling in new releases without vetting into your environment is good practice..?

We dont even patch windows without vetting…. Why do you do that in your dev env?????

He's talking about a physical object, something you have on your desk that you can pick up and prove your identity to the person on the other end of the video call.

Reminds me of the 'totems' in Inception, except they were to prove to yourself you were not in a dream.