Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

  • @IphtashuFitz
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    1631 year ago

    I’m shocked that the data center required retinal scans but that the employee with access could then just hold the door and let him and others in.

    I used to work at a data center with lots of security. To get into the area with the servers you had to go through a man trap. It was a room a little larger than a telephone booth with automatic doors on both sides. To open the first door you needed a physical card key. Once inside the door closed, then to open the inner door you needed to both enter a PIN and have your hand scanned in a biometric scanner. Only after all that could you get inside. The booth also weighed you, and if your weight was off by a certain amount after your last pass through then it wouldn’t let you in. That was to prevent somebody from piggybacking with you.

    • @Tangent5280
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      701 year ago

      lmao mental image of Daniel Craig riding someone piggyback in a tuxedo and holding a silenced pistol

        • @jaybone
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          61 year ago

          Spiderman be stealing yo bits.

      • Ænima
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        101 year ago

        It’ll only work if you use three Bonds’ in a trench coat!

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      How do you get big equipments (e.g.a pallet of server components, or a whole rack of new servers) into the area?

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        Separate double bay doors. They have a pair for each floor that opens to an outside wall. You use a forklift to get the pallets up. That or there is a big ass freight elevator, depending on the data center.

        • @IphtashuFitz
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          101 year ago

          There was third party security at this particular facility. You had to show your ID, have them confirm you’re authorized to bring equipment in, then they’d bring it through a locked freight door for you.

    • SeaJ
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      81 year ago

      Even the smaller data center I used to go to would have an alarm go off if the door was open for more than a few seconds. The first door opened with your hand being scanned and the cage to our racks could be opened with a key card.

    • @vivavideri
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      81 year ago

      Oh, god, so that little death hallway to the red queen in resident evil was ACCURATE

    • @jaybone
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      51 year ago

      How did they get racks in there? Or like big blade servers?

      • @ItsMeSpez
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        11 year ago

        I’m sure there were other, larger, entry points that could be opened for moving equipment in and out. They would then be locked down during normal operation.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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      -31 year ago

      The booth also weighed you, and if your weight was off by a certain amount after your last pass through then it wouldn’t let you in.

      Fatphobic security smh.

      • ferret
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        41 year ago

        My understanding is you can be as heavy as you want, you just can’t gain more than 20kg in a week