It's good to be back in the actual Centre for Computing History! They're still closed to the public right now for obvious reasons, but have a look in the description for a link to them and their fundraiser to help them get through the closure!

@silvertube11

3 жыл бұрын

Time traveler

@Whatsthetimemrfox

3 жыл бұрын

Big chonk

@cr4zeelee145

3 жыл бұрын

"4 days ago"

@HR-in1dm

3 жыл бұрын

Why does this say 4 days ago if it just came out 🤔

@hj9076

3 жыл бұрын

If u unlist the video , then u can leave a comment for later

"You can't change your fingerprints… I tried… once…" That good old Tom Scott Deep Lore there.

@pystalcrepsi

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a reference to the pineapple thing from years ago?

@dannywhite648

3 жыл бұрын

it's on the monitor in the background

@1121494

3 жыл бұрын

Pineapple, I guess.

@pystalcrepsi

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannywhite648 Oh, you're right! I didn't even notice that. Good catch.

@ashitmehta5000

3 жыл бұрын

Only the OGs know

That truly is all we ever learn as children: Not “don’t do it” just “don’t get caught”

@magentamovie6520

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@precumming

3 жыл бұрын

Or at least have a very good excuse for innocently doing wrong ready

@cauchyschwarz3295

3 жыл бұрын

I think that is the lesson that punishment entails. If you make someone suffer for doing something deemed wrong they just learn not to be caught.

@ayhamshaheed7740

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t quite get what you mean. We’re taught not to do ‘bad’ things are we not?

@pony_OwO

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayhamshaheed7740 It's what we are told but not what we learn.

"Signatures can be forged" is an understatement. 99% of people who require a signature for anything have actually no idea what your signature looks like, and it's practically a formality.

@Dazlidorne

2 жыл бұрын

Another bad thing about signatures is that yours changes over time. If they actually used them to verify identity, you could be denied even if it were you. I worried about this when I voted by mail in the last election. The signature on file with the election officials is from high school. My signature has changed drastically since then.

@sprazz8668

2 жыл бұрын

I can't even forge my own signature

@YingwuUsagiri

2 жыл бұрын

Signatures and initials have moreso become a thing for those that are relevant, like when accepting a package from a delivery guy. If any of my neighbours go onto their app in case the delivery guy was too lazy to put in a card saying hey, it's dumped at this address they can see my NS with a squiggly line and know it's at my house.

@Pr3st0ne

2 жыл бұрын

@@YingwuUsagiri that's a ridiculously specific edge case and I wouldn't be able to tell you the signature/initials of half my neighbors

@roofogato

2 жыл бұрын

JOKES ON YOU MY SIGNATURE IS A LIL DOOFLE I MADE

"No way to check that the President wasn't ... being coerced." I always assumed that there was not only a "correct" code on the Biscuit, but that there was also a coercion code, basically telling the recipient that "this source is compromised, disregard further signals from this source."

@YoutubeAdministrator

3 жыл бұрын

We had this at a safe in a store I worked. If you typed in a pin containing double zero it would open the safe but also send an alarm to the security company + the Police.

@ahreuwu

3 жыл бұрын

@@KZreadAdministrator we told you not to tell anyone!

@inanjarif1388

3 жыл бұрын

@@ahreuwu *laughs in robbery*

@pirobot668beta

3 жыл бұрын

ANGRC series crypto-radios (1970's tech) had a similar thing; lots of operator sequences could lead to auto-destruct! Any one of a dozen combinations of control settings will release the magic smoke from all the transistors. Hell, using the damn thing while driving on a bumpy road could start auto-destruct! The paranoia around these things being compromised was intense! OK, memory being what it is, it likely wasn't AN/GRC that I was thinking about...

@YoutubeAdministrator

3 жыл бұрын

@@pirobot668beta sounds very cool. Wonder how much equipment we have of these killswitches in today.

"What I learned was 'keep your mouth shut'" - Tom Scott, telling a secret to his 2.9 million subscribers

@theophrastusbombastus8019

3 жыл бұрын

And the lesson I learned was not 'don't do it', it was 'snitches get stitches' - Tom Scott, on the run from the Police, circa 2021

@floydhebert3684

3 жыл бұрын

And it’ll probably be seen by more than 2.9 Million people

@saccaed

3 жыл бұрын

That is the actual secret. Know when to keep your mouth shut.

@hotaru8309

3 жыл бұрын

@@theophrastusbombastus8019 If it's "snitches get stitches" that is learned, it's probably not the police that he's running from. Also, I'm picturing him running clutching his stomach running out that scenario.

@woodfur00

3 жыл бұрын

@@hotaru8309 Have you been paying attention to the news lately?

The great thing about computers: they do exactly what you say. The terrible thing about computers: they do EXACTLY what you say.

@billionai4871

3 жыл бұрын

Computers are the second dumbest thing that computer scientist have to deal with on a daily basis

@asianxhispanic

3 жыл бұрын

😳

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

3 жыл бұрын

@Bounze You had to explain the joke.

@deliriousjason8133

3 жыл бұрын

It's like a douchebag genie who takes your words too literally.

@mirjanbouma

3 жыл бұрын

@Bounze the number one being the users was implied. You kind of killed the joke by explaining the punchline.

"So the moral of the story is to not do the bad thing?" "No. The moral is to not tell people you did the bad thing."

@arvaneret_329

3 жыл бұрын

But what's actually moral is to avoid doing the bad thing altogether.

@thekingoffailure9967

3 жыл бұрын

I thought of a bad thing i'd done that I had kept a secret and almost used it as an example here like a dumbass

@Rx7man

3 жыл бұрын

@@arvaneret_329 but is just knowing a teacher's password a "bad thing"?

@user-cq7ec7zf3g

3 жыл бұрын

Dont do the bad thing and if you be bad and did it do not be worst and dont tell anybody

@animationspace8550

2 жыл бұрын

@@arvaneret_329 "It isn't illegal if you don't get caught" - A friend of mine from middle school

Haha! I remember that pineapple video!

@archiepattinson9443

3 жыл бұрын

ahahaha hey cody

@motherofpearls8108

3 жыл бұрын

It’s really him!

@TBH_Inc

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know if anyone else was going to! That was a while ago!!

@casbro11

3 жыл бұрын

Cody!

@juicebox996

3 жыл бұрын

I watched it 10 minutes ago

"computers can only do what you say, they can't do what you mean" i wish my parents would finally learn this

@soldier3079

3 жыл бұрын

When i was watching the video (the last minutes) i scrolled to the comments and when i was reading it was synced with the video itself

@stargate525

3 жыл бұрын

@Squant Because parents (instead of grandparents) are now of the generation who learned that computers can't do what you mean. And now they're frustrated because the computers are BAD at guessing what they mean because we're used to being much more explicit than the average.

@bartonseagrave9605

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't grandparents invent computers?

@stargate525

3 жыл бұрын

@@bartonseagrave9605 Their generation did. But that's like saying Werner Von Braun's generation built rockets, ergo everyone of that generation is a rocket scientist.

@Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1024

Жыл бұрын

Parents can't do either

I swear Tom Scott is just that dude who can make you smile with a random fact any time

@MonkeNoel

3 жыл бұрын

I know!

@andybradley8347

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@magentamovie6520

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@theonlyjoe_

3 жыл бұрын

OF WHAT?

@lLostGems

3 жыл бұрын

day

"Computers can only do what you say, they can't do what you mean" is probably my favorite quote now.

@zwenkwiel816

2 жыл бұрын

Damn computers just need to learn to listen better. I threaten mine with violence whenever it doesn't do what I want. Doesn't seem to accomplish much but it does make me feel better...

@sadthomas5067

2 жыл бұрын

@@zwenkwiel816 Yes Mr.President, we found him do we launch the missile?

@Dranok1

2 жыл бұрын

Many years ago my department manager had a poster behind her desk: I hate this damned computer, I wish that they would sell it; It never does quite what I want, but only what I tell it.

@SquareoftheLightOnes

2 жыл бұрын

It should be "computers will only do what you or the manufacturers say." The ones who built the operating system also get a say in what your computer can and can't do, and the manufacturers have precedence over the end user... unless you have an open source operating system like linux, but why would you torture yourself like that?

@bikeny

2 жыл бұрын

@@zwenkwiel816 I'm hoping your computer isn't named HAL, otherwise you're going to be having some real problems.

This reminds me of the trope from movies, where all security uses just "one-factor" authentification. Either as a guessable password, an item that gets stolen, or a body part that got "hacked" and used as a key. I guess so many movie plots would not work if basic 2-factor authentification was in play.

@billyweed835

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that, or it'd just make the movie longer for nor real reason.

@doomse150

9 ай бұрын

I can think of quite a few movie scenes that had people both swipe a card/chip and also enter a pin, so two-factor very much was in play. It makes gaining illegal access harder but certainly not impossible. The one exception are usually biometrics, which are often considered safe on their own.

"You can't exactly change it. I tried once." Ah yes, the classic Tom Scott Pineapple Scrub™

@bruv7521

3 жыл бұрын

I felt way too much pain watching that video

@cartjones4736

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, not worth the pain

@kentanggulung

3 жыл бұрын

*war flashback*

@andersbuchjeppesen5493

3 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment this haha

@notthatcreativewithnames

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, a throwback from pre-red-T-shirt long-haired Tom Scott era.

"You can't exactly change it, I tried once" *Glasses-wearing, Pineapple-consuming, Long-haired war flashbacks*

@jessiebullock

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2

2 жыл бұрын

pineapple on finger go brrr brrr

we are so lucky of having people like you in youtube

@Gustavovisk21

3 жыл бұрын

Dude ur the best PS4 theme ever

@opensourceslime8585

2 жыл бұрын

we are so lucky to have a cool goose like you here

@acoolgoose1782

2 жыл бұрын

@@opensourceslime8585no mate,. im just a goose

@ensuntermenschens9248

Жыл бұрын

@@acoolgoose1782 I like chicken 🍗🍗

You know he's still mad about getting in trouble in high school... We all have that one thing we did super long time ago that doesn't matter anymore but you still wish you didn't do it

@vonkaiser6817

3 жыл бұрын

One thing! my bloody list is in the hundreds, and I haven’t even finished school

@Rx7man

3 жыл бұрын

trust me, as you get older, you'll regret more things that you didn't do than those you did!

@emeraldday4755

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have any such thing

@maknyc1539

2 жыл бұрын

cough

You Can't change your fingerprints... I tried once Pineapple flashbacks

@dhpz

3 жыл бұрын

3:27 look at the computer

@Tessa_Gr

3 жыл бұрын

@@dhpz Was this the reason that video was in my recommended? I was confused that I got such an old video recommended.

@dhpz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tessa_Gr nah probably because a lot of people search for it after watching this video

@billionai4871

3 жыл бұрын

@@dhpz well spotted

@wollinger

3 жыл бұрын

Try harder

"Some kind of nerd who wanted to learn something for fun" is probably the same kind of person as 90% of Tom's subscribers

@realcartoongirl

3 жыл бұрын

me

@CraftQueenJr

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. This is why I posses a set of lock picks.

@SbPat

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly fits me.

@TCM464

3 жыл бұрын

Mhm.

@yeaaaaaaaaaaahff

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly who I am

“You can’t change it... I tried once.” Aye, I get that reference

No rapid cuts, straight forward monologue, no music and minimal, informative graphics, that's why I love Tom's videos so much.

“I tried once” And we all learned that Pineapples are no good at fingerprint removal becuse of it

@sepehrrz2101

3 жыл бұрын

Even watching that video hurts me. It's too much pain.

@angela.luntian

3 жыл бұрын

They'll heal back no matter how you skin it

@Avistew

3 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who has tons of allergies. One of his allergies causes his fingerprints to momentarily disappear. Sadly, it's not an allergy to pineapple.

@Kriae

3 жыл бұрын

I watched that video a couple of weeks ago, but for him it's a distant memory from last decade. Feels weird

@TackyHarmonica

3 жыл бұрын

Sepehr Rz same, I don’t know why I could feel it despite never having done anything like that

Three things: 1. Tom Scott is a genius story teller. 2. Whoever edits Toms videos is brilliant at their job 3. Tom Scott considers hacking fraudsters, scammers and MLMs on the same level, and like with many other things, Tom Scott is right.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the editor, William Marler. His work on Tom's videos is always great.

@mparagames

3 жыл бұрын

"3. Tom Scott considers hacking fraudsters, scammers and MLMs on the same level, and like with many other things, Tom Scott is right." - Indeed.

When you were talking about shoulder surfing passwords with your teacher, I did the exact same thing and got in trouble because guess what - I told my peers. Lesson well learnt and you literally spoke through me with that statement.

tom's mild almost unnoticeable humor makes me laugh more than those over the top humorous stories

Not gonna lie, in high school, I learned a teacher’s password. It logged us into faster, less filtered, WiFi. So I logged myself and all my buddies in. Never got caught!

@kousikaraveti9296

3 жыл бұрын

hope your teacher doesn' see this comment Thank you for the likes

@cedricorine3673

3 жыл бұрын

How did you know? Might try it when quarantine is over

@sanuki3579

3 жыл бұрын

I guess sharing the fact that you and they are doing something naughty is a good idea in order to not get caught cuz no one would tell to the teachers, which what went bad for sharing immaturely in Tom's case.

@ReptilianLepton

3 жыл бұрын

You may have actually been caught by IT... but that doesn't mean they *cared.*

@James-un8io

3 жыл бұрын

Now that its online classes I use a emulator and a VPN and log into the webex meeting and then I blast out music just for fun during classes while it seems like I already logged in and using a PC due to which they won't suspect that I did it

Tom: * Talking about Nuclear Weapons * *The Basics*

@arijitdas7526

3 жыл бұрын

Yo bro!

@retroace6717

3 жыл бұрын

@@arijitdas7526 Akihito Gang, let's go!

@PageantNicholas256

3 жыл бұрын

Ew, Akkey...

@arijitdas7526

3 жыл бұрын

@@PageantNicholas256 oo... Houtarou Oreki kun.

@PageantNicholas256

3 жыл бұрын

@@arijitdas7526 how's ur bf Hiroomi, Akkey kun?

This video is a masterclass in story-telling and public speaking. Tom started off with Reagan and a tense situation with a nuclear crisis, hooking the listener/viewer. Told them all about how multi factor authentication works and concluded by giving closure to the original story, while also articulating the big takeaways and caveats.

3:28 Look at the PC in the background! The subtle Easter eggs like this are amazing

3:27 Oh god the Pineapple flashbacks

@marysiamilach8460

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed waaaay too loud xDD

@aprilhdunmoyer

3 жыл бұрын

What video?

@SoloJona

3 жыл бұрын

Watching that video made me feel his pain in my fingertips

@derpinator4912

3 жыл бұрын

what vid

@odyseya

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that it appears on the computer screen in the background makes it so much better

"The code you type in can be short, because they only last one minute each" That's actually not true... In fact it's one of the most common misunderstandings I encounter as a security tester! The fact that a code only lasts one minute is not going to help you against an attacker that tries to guess a lot of codes. If the attacker keeps guessing random codes (and the codes are short), the attacker is expected to hit the correct code quickly, even if the correct code changes every minute. What does allow for short codes is the fact that we can block the user's account after a couple of wrong tries. Passwords cannot be short, because we cannot block the user after a couple of wrong passwords. (Some sites do, but it allows someone nasty to lock the user out of his account by deliberately entering wrong passwords, so not a good idea). Multi-factor codes can be short, because they come after the user has already his entered his password - so it's not possible for anyone but the user to deliberately enter wrong 2FA codes. With one exception: when someone else obtained the user's password, in which case it's probably good we block the user's account.

@zockertwins

3 жыл бұрын

good comment

@Brittow

3 жыл бұрын

"so it's not possible for anyone but the user to deliberately enter wrong 2FA codes". Except when somehow the Authenticator and the phone times are somehow not syncronized so you keep trying with the right code but in the wrong time

@Dogelition

3 жыл бұрын

Also, not that it really matters, but the codes usually only last half a minute.

@runarandersen878

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@FnordOok

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dogelition Kinda sorta. There's usually a grace period involved where you could put in the previous or next interval's code, just in case the clocks are slightly out of sync.

"I told someone else that I'd done it." "The lesson I learnt was don't tell anyone." Been there my friend, been there

I really love how composed your videos are. It's clear that you put a lot of work and planning into the words that you say, and it works absolute wonders for your videos. Great work!

"Computers can't stop you from asking for terrible things." Quit looking at my search history Tom.

@smartroadbiker

3 жыл бұрын

Too late it's been leaked on the 'net, I'm reading it now! ooooo did you really buy those?! Cheeky! Hehe 😇🤣

@thetabs57

3 жыл бұрын

@@smartroadbiker women humor

@bashthefash420

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetabs57 incel humour

"they can't do what you mean" (7:42). When I was a young programmer, I was complaining about a stupid bug (of my own creation) that I was chasing, and my boss said "Oh, you forgot to put in the DOWHATIMEAN instruction", with a silly smile. Someday, maybe...

Just wanna give props for doing this in a freaking one-take. Amazing work.

"The lesson I learned was not 'don't do it', it was 'keep your mouth shut'". Best advice ever. The more you brag the more likely you get caught

What I learned from this video: Tom was up to all sorts of mischief as a teenager

@sumanthvs_

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the earliest videos on this channel! You'll be surprised

@recklessroges

3 жыл бұрын

If a teenager isn't up to mischief, then they are doing it wrong. (Just as long as they don't go from mischief to crime.)

@Sir_Bucket

3 жыл бұрын

I think Tom was the "hum actually" type of teen, who hated everything concerning the big data

In today's episode: Tom Scotts's Editor Flexing his skills fpr 5 minutes straight

@mickys8065

3 жыл бұрын

"graphics by William marler"

@flop-00

3 жыл бұрын

More like in every video

@wariolandgoldpiramid

3 жыл бұрын

*for

@jacobdegeling

3 жыл бұрын

It's just "Scott's"...

@lordman5497

3 жыл бұрын

This isn't even one of the best edited videos

I love the detail of when you referenced the pineapple video, the computer on the desk showed a clip of said video. Nice touch!

So THIS is why i was getting recommendations for how pineapple doesn’t clean your fingerprints, the youtube algorithm is a strange thing

"You can't change your fingerprints. I tried once." *Nam flashbacks to a Tom Scott video from over ten years ago.*

@cagedtigersteve

2 жыл бұрын

If you are not human...you can change your fingerprint.

@sanderdrack

2 жыл бұрын

@@cagedtigersteve i see that you are not one of the brightest

I used to have a debit card from my bank that had a digital display on the front that generated a six or seven digit number each time you pressed a button on it and that verified the card when using it online. It was so cool! I used to push the button and tell friends that the seven digit number was my bank account balance.

Your seemingly off the wall or historical story lead ins are the reason I watch this channel

Tom the picture of the phone at 4:30 was really smart The video went live at 4PM, so if you watched it when it came out you were at that point at 16:04, the exact time on the phone This is why I love your vids

@magentamovie6520

3 жыл бұрын

For me it's 11am ;-;

@deefdragon

3 жыл бұрын

I totally didn't catch that. While timezones make it not a thing for a lot of places, for the UK timezone, its freaking brilliant.

@Ironhide1125

3 жыл бұрын

These easter eggs will forever be loved

@Multibe150

3 жыл бұрын

It says 16:05 at 5:00 :0

@Bion479

3 жыл бұрын

It also is 16:05 at the 5 minuite mark and has today's date correct

the shoulder-surfing of passwords is a mood. when i was in high school there was a password for the sign in system which was ridiculously short and simple. cos i was late all the time, i was around sometimes when the device wasn’t set up and once i saw the password a teacher typed in to set it up. i actually never used the power for evil, just to not have to ask for help when one of the two systems was logged out, but the moral of the story is that schools usually have bad passwords (this one was literally 3 characters and those were the initials of the school).

@DevinDTV

3 жыл бұрын

Think about it this way: the teacher (or whoever else) has to remember the password. Therefore the password has to be really simple, because chances are that teacher (or other staff member) is braindead.

@mistythecat3050

3 жыл бұрын

In my primary school the admin username and password was “j”

@AlmostUselessPenguin

3 жыл бұрын

@@DevinDTV Hopefully future generations will be technologically literate enough to be able to remember at least 2-3 good passwords. Also would be good to normalise long passwords and password managers and leave behind pointless password requirements like numbers, special characters or capitals.

@hamiltonianpathondodecahed5236

3 жыл бұрын

my school had the telephone number as the password♪┌|∵|┘♪

@eDoc2020

3 жыл бұрын

My school used the same password for most of the non-personal accounts in Active Directory. Naturally, this was the name of the school. Fortunately for security, the Administrator passwords were (comparatively) more secure.

Tom is seriously one of a kind! I love your videos Tom.

Such a good video. Clear, well explained and easily understood. I'm going to do some coaching for friends and family on online security and I think I might make them watch this!

"i tried once" too many pineapples were harmed in the making of this channel

@aloysiuskurnia7643

3 жыл бұрын

exactly one (1) Tom Scott was harmed in the making of this context

1:54 'password: CORblimey1926' a true British gentleman

@maxobakso123

3 жыл бұрын

oh yea...!

@peter_smyth

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's my password too!

@theblackwidower

3 жыл бұрын

1926?

@Menon9767

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain?

@shambosaha9727

3 жыл бұрын

@@Menon9767 blimey is a British expletive

3:28 "I tried once" remember that video where tom scott applied pineapples on his fingers...

Rewatching this video is so delightful because after understanding other technologies and their issues, in so many places that people are too concerned with MitM attacks or intercepted data or hacked phones/servers when so *so SO* many instances of theft or fraud were perpetrated under circumstances an automated system would be incapable of understanding weren't legitimate. Its a salient point in how we design security and how it fits in with society and its incentive structure and how...its not always compatible, and that no amount of patching or improvement will resolve a more fundamental shortcoming if its never acknowledged.

instructions unclear, now launching a nuke while guessing what 12yr old me's favorite drink was

@sonicruled

3 жыл бұрын

I lost old accounts before because I forgot the password for my email, and I couldnt pass the "change my password" authentication.

@Lilac_Dreams

3 жыл бұрын

@@sonicruled Same

@Humulator

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lilac_Dreams that heppened to me and now i dont even know the email to it because i made a new one

Gets done telling us exiting story about cold war era* "Don't worry, I'll talk about your stupid mundane phone now."

I genuinely can’t decide what series Tom puts out is my favourite? Is it The Basics, or Things You Might Not Know or is it Amazing Places? I honestly have no idea which I love the most!

The bit about sci-fi writers brainstorming systems that know when a person normally is logged into a device has been investigated by corporate IT teams for several years. I feel like flexible work/work from home has actually added complexity to this potential solution.

3:28 "I tried once". Tom, it's a good thing you remember that. Cause we certainly won't let you forget.

@JessmanChicken86

Жыл бұрын

The lemon trick! Didn't work. I remember.

@GabRioBlu

9 ай бұрын

​@@JessmanChicken86wasnt it pineapples?

Tom: "If a spy gets your fingerprint, you can't change it, I tried it once." Me: *long haired Tom pineapple flashbacks*

@meher.

3 жыл бұрын

Finally! Someone else got it

@hoihoi12250

3 жыл бұрын

LONG HAIRED??

@mohamedmusamustafa3324

3 жыл бұрын

do you mean: flashbacks of KZread algorithm being weird and recommending it to you five times over the past year

@meher.

3 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedmusamustafa3324 not really but that could've been a possibility

@albertjackinson

3 жыл бұрын

@Buno the brains Can you explain that? I'm a relatively new subscriber.

Tom makes me smile so much with all these facts, love you dude

Love your videos Tom, keep up the great work!

"And if your fingerprint gets leaked ... you can't exactly change it. I tried that once."

@KrisMcCool

3 жыл бұрын

The pineapple thing?

@emmakjr3276

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisMcCool yup

@Steamtostay

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at a retail store a while back and we had a fingerprint scanner as part of the sign in system. Didn't work all that well if our fingerprints got papercuts or similar during a shift...

@istiompaxindica9676

3 жыл бұрын

@@Steamtostay yea, That's really inconvenient, isn't it. I always thought "oh fingerprints and face recognition, best security system" and I think it is, until you got cuts and bruises on those body parts

@Cameron-hz9wc

3 жыл бұрын

Heck it doesn't even need to have a cut or bruise. A small droplet of water or at the wrong angle breaks it. Lemme tell you, as someone who is nearsighted, face ID is great unless you're in bed without glasses on and the phone is two inches away. Face recognition is great; forehead recognition needs work. XD

Why am I slowing down the video to read the flashing password ? "MakesSense!"

@calebturner007

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to, but a bit too lazy

@manueloribe9153

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, isn’t the pass COrblimey1926?

@thisrandomdude_

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone provide the timestamp?

@bigkusa2568

3 жыл бұрын

@@thisrandomdude_ 2:03

@nousername1888

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't need to slow it down to read that it wasn't that fast Maybe it's because I already know the password

No retakes no weird transition, Tom did all this in 1 go. Mind blowing!

I subscribed like 2 days ago and i think your content is amazing. You teach people not only usefull but coll and interesting things. Love your videos and if you sometime in the future decide to start a patreon or membership i will absolutely join in. Keep up the incredible work!

"Computers can only do what you say. They can't do what you mean, and they can't stop you from asking for terrible things. But at least they can be reasonably sure that it's you asking." ~ Tom Scott

"You can't exactly change it. I tried once." >pineapples still don't remove fingerprints.

We had a similar security token system in one of my former jobs. They initialized the token when you were hired and passed the background checks. Then the token started generating codes. In use you had to have your name, the tokens 8 digit code number at the moment you were logging in (changed every minute) plus your employee number and the secondary password you set up with the IT department after you were hired. The codes also only worked if there was a specific card installed in the PC and it was on the companies network.

This is a great video. Actually watching it as part of my curriculum at uni right now in Sweden. Thanks mr. Scott!

"I tried once" *flashbacks to tom trying to get rid of his fingerprints using pineapple and sandpaper*

@masteroffiyah

3 жыл бұрын

That was painful to watch

1:48 I want to add something to the list of authentication"something you didn't know". Like "where are your keys". It's something you don't know, it's something you don't have and it is something you are: me, the clumsy guy from Brooklyn

I actually watched the video of you attempting to remove your fingerprints. When you did the joke at the end with the stove you genuinely got me, so good on you Tom

i have just started watching this channel, really enjoying the content! thanks mate :)

2:51 According to my mum, the 11th commandment is "thou shalt not get caught".

@whybob1930

3 жыл бұрын

it's only a crime if you get caught

@professionalyeeter

11 ай бұрын

@@whybob1930 engineer gaming

3:27 "I've tried" That video is 10 years old🤣

your videos are always super interesting, love it.

5:25 ah, yes the RSA key chain SecurID. Those were the times when you got the little token generator out of the pocket, saw it has 3 bars left, hastily put it in, only for it to expire the moment you hit enter.

It blows my mind that Tom Scott can somehow do this all in a single take. Mad respect

“You spend most of your day telling a robot that you’re not a robot. Think about that for two minutes and tell me you don’t wanna walk into the ocean.”

@Don-ps2um

3 жыл бұрын

Tod when is Elder Scrolls 6 coming out

@captainmemez3219

3 жыл бұрын

You dork go back to the chess club

@laurinneff4304

3 жыл бұрын

@@Don-ps2um after all the Skyrim ports are done. Or never.

@adojck

3 жыл бұрын

Umm, I don’t wanna walk into the ocean..?

@jasondashney

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a scuba diver. Walking into the ocean is as good as it gets.

Really fantastic videos Tom! Thanks so much!!

Briefly having the monitor in the background "play" the pineapple video when you talked about falling to remove your fingerprints was a nice touch!

Kind of cool that the time on the phone is 16:05 and that’s roughly the time this was uploaded and playing

For anyone wondering, the password at 1:55 is "CORblimey1926"

@kndr2094

3 жыл бұрын

Keep your mouth shut $

Thanks for the video, Tom! It was informative!

In the mid 90s, my uncle told me "A computer is only as smart as you are." and the last part of this video reminded me of that. So thank you for that.

"This story has something to do with your phone, I promise." You are a great storyteller Tom, I would never skip one of your videos simply because it doesn't concern me directly, and I'm sure most people here feel the same :=) I'm sure this was just a segue but on the off chance it has 1% of sincerity in it, better say it!

@plica06

3 жыл бұрын

I read your comment three times... I can't understand what your point is?

Summary: Keep your accounts secure with more than passwords alone, because passwords aren't safe from Tom Scott

this makes incredible sense and the way he phrases it really clears up all my questions. im still too lazy to turn on 2fa

this has nothing to do with this video but; Tom, you are an amazing person. the views, the information, the subjects, the research. Just everything is always so... you. impossible not to like, easy to understand, just very uhhhm stable, might be the right word. Keep it up with all the interesting work you have been doing these past 12 years on youtube and thank you for giving us a peek inside your mind.

@Sympli

3 жыл бұрын

Correct, always so correct, that was the word I was looking for.

[tom]: hey, did you know, if you put your password in chat it censors it? see: ********* [me]: MakesSense!

@crispoman

3 жыл бұрын

hunter2 jokes incoming in 3...2...1...

@Dekkia_

3 жыл бұрын

hunter2 Did it work?

@mnikhk

3 жыл бұрын

Yes remember that 🤣 type your password Facebook/whatever app you're using has a secret function that will censor it

@Addsomehappy

3 жыл бұрын

OralCumshot

@somerival930

3 жыл бұрын

Lemme try! dQw4w9WgXcQ

and streaming service like spotify, tidal, netflix don't have these. no wonder many of it's users (including me) complain about stolen accounts despite using separate emails and unique passwords.

@bananya6020

3 жыл бұрын

my guess is that someone probably combined someone else's password with your username and added a few numbers and got lucky then. probably some kid trying to get a free spotify account tbh

3:27 I had flashbacks I wish I didn’t. I thought I was done with that era.

@Kitulous

3 жыл бұрын

p i n e a p p l e

My phone (which I've owned for over a year) just popped up with a reminder to set up two-factor authentication while watching this video. Subtle.

Yes yes yes! Thank you for encouraging people to take security more serious! And doing what you do best, giving some history and explaining it well. Love your videos Tom 🙂

3:27 a Tom Scott classic Edit: Right after i saw the video KZread recommended the Tom Scott Pineapple Video. Scary.

@meetaverma8372

3 жыл бұрын

Same 🤔🤔

@dragoncurveenthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

That's because many people went back to watching it after this video. So the algorithm knows it's a popular follow up. Scary? Maybe. But not mysterious.

@savethewhales7256

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragoncurveenthusiast oh, I See.

Great Lesson and great way to pressent it.

Very concise. Will you ever do a short video explaining the difference between identification and authentication? Sadly many people seem to think they're the same thing

The fact that this is just a literally a video about internet security and not an ad for some password manager or VPN is incredible. I'm just so used to that on KZread nowadays. Thanks Tom :)

3:50 is something that is kind of already being done, Tom. Some companies are starting to use ML algorithms to track your keyboard and mouse behavioral patterns to identify that it is you that is inputting them. They usually use proceed to use phone identification when you fail that test.

@walale12

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've had 3D secure authentication ask for an SMS code, and then ask me to type my email address with the way I typed it apparently being a form of identification

@zakattack5863

Жыл бұрын

That’s just recaptcha

We use hardware tokens at my work. They're great, but you definitely need reasonably strict timeouts for inactivity. Too many people just don't think that much about walking away from a computer while it's still logged into their account.

Great work, as always! You should do an entire episode on "Keep your mouth shut," because I'd love to see data on conviction rates resulting from bragging.