[Noisebridge-discuss] Theft at NoiseBridge

[Steve Churchill]

Layer 0 security is hugely important.
There should be a discussion around the protocol.
Mitch has some good suggestions.

I borrowed some text from some comment somewhere to help explain my point...

OSI's layer 1 is about connectors, cabling, pinouts, electrical signals, air
interfaces, and so on.

Layer 0 is about buildings, doors, locks, cages, surveillance cameras, that
kind of thing. It's also about an attitude that understands no amount of
sophisticated network, host, application, or data security will be effective
if your physical security is lacking.

So yeah, maybe it's a gimmick, but I've been referring to what I call layer
0, or "meatspace," security for some time now. It's an effective device for
getting people to think about it!

-steve

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:59 PM, aditya bhargava <bluemangroupie at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'd like to be prepared for something like this the next time it happens.
> Would anyone be willing to teach a class about security?
>
> Adit
>
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> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 00:35:01 -0700
>> > From: adi at hexapodia.org
>> > To: gnnrok at gmail.com
>> > CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> > Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Theft at NoiseBridge
>> >
>> > Thank you for posting this!
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 11:36:58PM -0700, gnnr wrote:
>> > > I've witnessed two attempts at theft of items at noisebridge
>> > > this week.
>> >
>> > That sucks. :( I'm sorry you had to witness them, and I'm sorry those
>> > attempts happened.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what the best response is -- we obviously don't want anyone
>> > to get hurt (well, maybe I do want the thieves to get hurt a little
>> > bit), but we also don't want shit to get stolen.
>> >
>> > Sigh.
>>
>>
>> A really good part of "security" at Noisebridge is to welcome everyone you
>> see come into Noisebridge, as soon as you see them.
>>
>> This not only makes people (people who we want at Noisebridge) feel
>> welcome, but it let's people who we don't want at Noisebridge know that
>> their activities are noticed.
>>
>> When someone walks into Noisebridge who you don't recognize, please greet
>> them.  Be friendly, and ask them if this is their first time here, and let
>> them know what Noisebridge is about (in a couple of sentences -- such as (my
>> way, but use your own): "We're a non-profit community space, where people
>> can come to learn and teach and share what they love.  We have no leaders,
>> and only one rule, 'Be excellent to each other,' and you are totally welcome
>> here if you follow our one rule.").  If you have time, offer to show them
>> around.
>>
>> It takes a total sociopath (or someone having a psychotic episode) to
>> steal stuff from people who are friendly to them, especially when they know
>> that people are watching them (which they will know when they are greeted as
>> soon as they walk in the door).  (And if they are having a psychotic
>> episode, then they are most likely not trying to hide it, as with the guy
>> trying to put Patrick's things in his bag.)
>>
>> Mitch.
>>
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