Ubuntu at a pharmacy
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  • 104 points Mika56

    I don't know what's worse: that a POS with potential access to card details is running over plain text HTTP (hello PCI), or that a POS with definitive access to health data is running over plain text HTTP?

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    65 points lordgurke

    That the display is a widescreen driven with a 5:4 system resolution, thus it's all blurry and distorted. That drives me nuts.

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    25 points RoxyAndBlackie128

    4:3* The worst of display controllers will report 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480 and 640x480 in the EDID.

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    14 points nodspine

    POS with definite access to health data

    Drogas la rebaja, afaik is not a dispensary for any EPS. It's just for out of pocket sales. If you buy an Rx only medication, they'll ask to see the printed prescription, it's not electronic like in the US.

    So it's just the financial side!

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    10 points tankerkiller125real

    A lot of these POS systems use a VPN to connect back to some central server. It's a very outdated and BS way of doing things, but it's how they do it.

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    9 points Mika56

    Depending on where the VPN termination occurs, that would still be a PCI violation, since card data must be encrypted everywhere

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    5 points tankerkiller125real

    VPN connection to central server, central server uses HTTPs out to the various card processors. They've been getting away with this bullshit for decades at this point.

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    2 points themirrazzunhacked

    I hope it at least does smth like MobilityPrint where it encrypts the data before sending it 😳

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    4 points hornethacker97

    VPN to central server according to other comments. That workaround allows parent company to only pay card processor for a single endpoint rather than paying the correct fees for each terminal

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    1 points kickbottom

    Chips and snacks in pharmacy

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  • 78 points Sepkov

    That thing will probably outlast windows 15

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    7 points JMTNTBANG

    with the way windows is heading it'll probably outlast 30

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  • 37 points floriv1999

    That Firefox ist old

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    1 points ProfessionalLast1420

    Yeah, also that thing is using xmessage, that program was added to X11 in october 1988: https://www.x.org/wiki/X11R3/

    I still use it sometimes though, I won't move to wayland until xscreensaver is fully working there.

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  • 22 points Lirodon

    There's a store in my city where the POS systems run XFCE

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  • 19 points One_Guy_From_Poland

    Jeez, this Ubuntu install looks ancient

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  • 5 points AzureF0x

    That looks like old Ubuntu. It's still using Unity.

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  • 5 points FunRope5640

    Why lays is called margarita?

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    8 points No-Turnover-6471

    I was genuinely thinking the same thing, probably a region change or something

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    1 points nodspine

    It is

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  • 5 points nodspine

    Colombia?

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  • 4 points Gunimation812

    dammnn thats old ubuntu, 12.04/14.04?

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    1 points DeepDayze

    That's roughly it. So oooold it's a security risk!

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  • 3 points AtomicSymphonic_2nd

    At the very least, I’m happy this pharmacy is running Linux. No need to deal with companies changing things with each update.

    What might suck is if the security holes in older versions of Ubuntu are patched here or not…

    Of course, it might not matter if this system is air-gapped and maybe doesn’t allow USB devices beyond a keyboard and mouse.

    Edit: Nevermind, there’s a browser in there… hope it’s patched at least.

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    3 points Kiki79250CoC

    The UI is from Firefox 57-88 so I'll assume the system haven't been patched in a while.

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    1 points No-Turnover-6471

    "let's cross this one off your list" my ass. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you need to get a license to use the operating system.

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  • 6 points Yy-HACKERMAN-yY

    en qué farmacia venden frituras?

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    2 points jipr311

    En muchas!!!... en especial en L.A. donde las farmacias terminaron siendo tiendas de conveniencia... puedes conseguir desde alcohol hasta productos de limpieza del hogar...

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    2 points Koischaap

    Cuando estaba estudiando en Brasil tenían chocolatinas y caramelos aparte de las gomitas de vitaminas

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    0 points nodspine

    Eso es en Colombia, hay muchas droguerías que básicamente son tiendas normales, pero en el fondo está la parte donde tienen los medicamentos

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  • 2 points Jenny_Wakeman9

    Holy fuck, that version of both Ubuntu and Firefox are older than me!

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  • 2 points HatAcceptable3533

    Are chips a new medicine?

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    0 points No-Turnover-6471

    what

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    2 points HatAcceptable3533

    Why there are potato chips in the pharmacy store?

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  • 1 points ConsaiderCordo

    I have been to an IND point in Amsterdam - they had Ubuntu on PCs, too!
    I truly don't get it.

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  • 1 points kittyfr7ckers

    atleast it isnt windows

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  • 1 points Nokia-Lumia-630

    Since when were chips in a pharmacy...?

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