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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 02:14:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   LOL. California Employment Development Department wants me to schedule a one-on-one videochat session with an #EDD employee, so they can ask me about my job search efforts. In the two months I’ve been back at work, I legitimately have not applied to a single job ... not that I’m not interested in replacing this one, but I’m just trying to get caught up, so I have a little breathing room.
   
   (Yes, this was on the insecure-but-required #CalJobs site, but I’m pretty sure they mailed at least one letter to my home as well.)
   • silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 02:18:22 UTC silverwizard

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     Wait, you have a job, and also have to job hunt?
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 02:52:30 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     I should explain the “insecure-but-required” part.
     
     One time when I was off-work, they instructed me that I had to do job searches on the #CalJobs site as a condition of receiving unemployment insurance benefits. I went to the site and found that I had once created an account. I knew neither the username nor password.
     
     I clicked a link for forgot username and entered something they requested. I wound up on a page that had the names, usernames, and #SSN of everyone who had joined the site while living in the same municipality.
     
     From there, I found my username, which (together with SSN) was enough to bring me to a page that showed me my password.
     
     This was years ago. I immediately used the site’s contact information to inform them what I’d found, but they did not respond. And in fact, the whole process was repeated a few years later. I’d like to think they have since changed this, but previous experiences have convinced me that they will never change until there is a major data breach traceable to the software.
     
     (Multiple state “Job Service”agencies have this same software running their sites; software produced by “Geographic Solutions, Inc”.)
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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Apr-2021 03:00:57 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     https://nu.federati.net/url/280685 [www mcall com]
     
     #PA rolling out new site powered by the same company’s software.
     
     As I said, I hope the software’s security and privacy flaws have been fixed.