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Video of her from Geraldo Rivera .. https://hackcur.io/trashing-the-phone-company-with-suzy-thun...

Refuses to play the video "due to the privacy settings". Direct Vimeo link says the same. First time seeing Vimeo breaking like this. That's in Firefox.

Edit - the exact message is "Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here." I'm guessing it's geo-locked.

it works for me, also firefox.

Plays ok for me. Firefox 96.0.2 on Win10.

Had the same problem with Firefox, non-US IP address. It worked with youtube-dl on the linked URL (not the iframe).

No it's not - you need to open it on the linked page + disable adblock (and referrer spoofing if you use that.

> guessing it's geo-locked.

It is because you turned off sending a referrer in Firefox (network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy in about:config).

The video is domain blocked, meaning it can only be played when you are on a specific domain. Because you disabled referrers, vimeo doesn't know you are on hackcur.io so it thinks you are opening it through a direct link.

Yep, that did the trick. Thanks.

Susy Thunder wouldn't let that stop her.

You can see the Snoopy phone mentioned in the article.

Wow she was beautiful, no wonder she was good at social engineering.

I don't think looks are even remotely the most important attribute to social engineering, but I bet there are situations where it can help.

Looks are critical to account for in engineering a physical con. Not that one necessarily needs to be gorgeous, but one needs to be fit to the scene, in a way that minimizes the chances of someone undesirably thinking twice about your actions.

Exactly, you need to be credible and non-threatening. There is an history of a Japanese pentester that was always allowed to get into the datacenter because everybody trust a Japanese engineer.

Looks are critical to account for in engineering a physical con... in a way that minimizes the chances of someone undesirably thinking twice about your actions.

I don't know. Charisma and looks are pretty much orthogonal, at least for some people. The canonical example is Hitler, somebody whom you'd think people would instinctively avoid at work or the neighborhood bar, yet who somehow ended up running Germany.

It never hurts to be hot or handsome -- would a young Donald Trump who looked and sounded like Hitler have gotten very far in life? -- but it clearly isn't an absolute requirement.

> It never hurts to be [gorgeous]

I disagree. For example, if you're made up gorgeous and this leads a security checkpoint guard to notice you, and then they're checking you out and realize that your shoes are unusually fashionable, and then they notice that your badge lanyard is the wrong color and your badge looks a bit crinkly, now your cover is blown — all because you drew their eye.

That's not to say that there is no value in attractiveness — it's just not a guaranteed upside that can be taken for granted as harmless. This also shows up in spycraft, where "unmemorable" can be a very strong asset.

That's what everyone looks like in California. Don't think it does much good over the phone though.

Her superpower was her voice, not her looks. Listen carefully to how she talks with that honey-like lilt to her voice. She sounds like the last person in the world who would compromise a system.

Holy shit, Geraldo's hair and mustache are beautiful too. 80s, you had your moments.

To be honest, you are right. I believe the word is 'fabulous'.

I was thinking 'glorious', like a latino Barry Gibb.

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