Watching the livestream of the Artemis II launch, I just witnessed one of the astronauts type in the password on their tablet while sitting in the capsule on camera.

[boss@troet.cafe]

@occult Let me guess „1-2-3-4“?

[linza@kamu.social]

@occult Climb up there and try typing it in ?

[benjaminlj@virup.social]

@occult why is there even a password on the tablet? Who's gonna steal it?

[zeroday@podcasts.social]

@occult it is a 4 digit one...

If I am informed correctly:

The tablet that is used is specific for that mission and the pin is only used to prevent accidental activation.

But still:

4DIGITS!!! Clear in view!! 3939? Anybody? Could be a new number code in the nerd world

[what@chaosfem.tw]

@WastedRadiance @occult “Air gapped? Can’t trust it. Who knows what’s in that stuff… I need at least 240,000 miles of vacuum gap to be secure.”

[marmalade@kind.social]

@nerpulus @occult they are using a stylus to touch and the password is 3939

[boerdejakobiner@machteburch.social]

@rationalgarde @occult What I don’t understand: there is *zero* risk of any third party getting access to such hardware like Jeremy‘s tablet while they are in flight. In goddess‘ name, switch the access control off, NASA!

[peterkos@iosdev.space]

@occult who's gonna steal the tablet? big cheese?!

[srslypascal@chaos.social]

@zeroday @occult

Given the suits and gloves they're wearing, the main criterion was probably "a number/pattern that's easily reachable with the right hand without having to move the arm, and that involves a repeated back and forth movement to prevent accidental activation by swiping".

[christiansurrey@toot.kif.rocks]

@occult Datenschutz, Jungeeeeeee!

[lino@chaos.social]

@benjaminlj @occult It's protecting against accidental use, not against theft. It's probably public record anyway.

[dfyx@social.helios42.de]

@jaddy @occult Against accidental inputs. When you're attached to that seat for hours or float around in micro gravity, you wouldn't want to turn on your tablet without noticing.

Us seeing the code isn't a big deal. If anyone ever gets physical access to that tablet, NASA has other problems.

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@rationalgarde @occult
If i had a dollar for every web cam I'd seen pointed at an rsa token ...

[mynameistillian@plush.city]

@Nerde @occult respectfully, it's not. if you look at the picture, it's just due to a weird angle, and you can also see the smidgen of the thumb appear briefly.

[pettter@social.accum.se]

@occult I just heard them complain about having "two Microsoft Outlooks" and I just.. what are they even doing?

[benjaminlj@virup.social]

@lino @occult makes sense

[gaptangle@dragonscave.space]

@occult This is what your sound guys, vague term are for. Whoever's in charge of the stream is supposed to have a finger on a button obscuring sensitive information. The mute / black the screen or however you want to do it for two seconds button. If it was one person doing the whole thing I could maybe understand not having organized everything on time (I once changed a password because I had to type it into a stream to make the stream work and it was my piss poor planning), but, it's obviously not, because there's no way in hell that could be so. That poor person, either not thinking of it or hoping someone else had it handled BECAUSE THEY SHOULD! is my first thought.

[backstube@chaos.social]

@occult @dvshkn Believe it or not, the whole rocket is vintage. Including the engines.

[finestructure@mastodon.social]

@occult In fairness, TouchID/FaceID is hard to pull off with those mitts and the fish bowl

[glowl@chaos.social]

@WastedRadiance @flipper @occult nah, still to low, needs another digit for being realistic.