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    I just discovered a disturbing real-world vulnerability by accident.

    A couple hours after checking in to my hotel, I went back to the front desk and said "I need to add someone to my room because her flight gets in late this evening." The clerk asked my room number, and I told her and also said my name. A few seconds later, after asking me to spell the name to add, there's a new name on my room reservation. Nowhere in this process did she check my ID.

    Did I accidentally socially engineer my way into adding an unrelated name onto a room reservation?
    Melbourne, Victoria, AUS • 53°F
    3 likes 1 repost 4 replies
    #travel #hotel
    Wed, Sep 18, 2019 9:00pm +10:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and am the editor of several W3C specifications. I help people learn about video production and livestreaming and dabble in product design.

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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