{
  "id": 1269519,
  "title": "Leave your screen unlocked, meet developers paypal.com",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/leave-your-screen-unlocked-meet-developers-paypal-com",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-16T11:26:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "url": "https://anthony.dev.profullstack.com/blog/012-post.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At PayPal, an unwritten rule dictated that employees walk away from their desks without locking their workstations, resulting in emails being sent from their accounts to developers@paypal.com. This humorous practice, which spanned decades, highlighted the importance of security through social engineering rather than rigid policies. In contrast, modern security protocols rely on screen locks and mandatory retraining, which fail to deliver the immediate, impactful lessons that the old rule provided. The article emphasizes that the best security measures are those that are learned through shared experiences and immediate feedback, rather than through abstract policies and lengthy training sessions.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}