Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Moderator schroeder acting on posts before the 5-minute grace period
I was getting somewhat frustrated that schroeder, a moderator was closing my posts before the grace period. The grace period for editing a post is 5 minutes. Normally, for every post I make, I wait ...
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Why latex-based formulas are not supported this community?
It's while I noticed in this community that one can not demonstrate math formula and additionally need to it somewhere else and the best include the photo:
Is there any consideration to support for ...
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How was this question supposedly closed before it was even asked?
When looking at the closed question Hashcat when account name is "Not a real account", something caught my attention. It says it was asked 8 months ago, but closed 9 months ago:
However, in ...
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This is not my account- everything is messed up- could a moderator please help
I am security_paranoid
security_paranoid is my only account. My name is Harvey.
But let me catch you up to speed.
A few days ago, I contacted StackExchange through their help centre, because I was ...
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My question was labeled Off-Topic. Why?
I have a question about my Information Security Stack Exchange post: How can I go about reporting a data breach in my private network without compromising my personal/private network data
I don't ...
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Why are there so many already answered 3-10year old posts in the active feed?
Why are there so many 3-10year old posts that are already answered like some years ago in the active feed?
For example I saw posts like this recently
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Admin keeps deleting my comment on why I voted to close
I voted to close a question on the basis that it's asking for assistance writing malware. An admin seems to disagree strongly with my characterization of the behavior as malware, and:
deleted the ...
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Practical security question only results in more questions and downvoting [closed]
My question went wrong Emails about bank are either scam or a mistake
And, completely inconsistent, an almost identical question was accepted Sent text by bank I don’t have an account with- Is this a ...
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How can I salvage my question after it got "lost in migration confusion"?
I have a question about my Information Security Stack Exchange post: I have been a victim, but of what?
This is the timeline of what happened to my question:
Tuesday, 03:20 PM: I wrote a question on ...
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Are questions about metrics on topic?
One of our supplier suffered a cyberattack and I'm writing a report on how we handled the situation. I plan to include some metrics I judge useful (eg: time taken to inform the relevant personnel). ...
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Should I ask questions concerning tips on how to launch Penetration Testing company?
I am planning to launch a pen test company and several questions have arisen (e.g what NIST documents should I study, how to properly report vulnerabilities to clients and more).
I would like to ask ...
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I'm weirdly blocked on Meta
I'm yyyyyyyan and this is not my primary account. I created this account so I could post this here, because I couldn't figure out what to do.
A few days ago I tried to ask a question about email ...
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Closure of "How to “unprotect” malicious workbook without knowing password"
I had some questions about why my post was closed and I thought I would come here for answers and clarification of site rules and closing criteria.
My question,How to "unprotect" malicious ...
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How can be this question about VPN design either security architecture improved?
I am new to information security. According to Wikipedia NSA hacks actively on IPSec to design attacks but does it mean TLS based VPN is less flawable?
I wanted to understand comparability of both ...
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Why can the "Community" bot approve suggested edits?
I recently came across this suggested edit, which I had rejected for being insubstantial. When I later looked at how others had reviewed the edit, I saw that the Community user apparently approved ...
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