Sears Auto Center WiFi Blocks Gun-Related Sites

[jnevis]

Ever stop to think it might not be Sears specifically, but the vendor they use for the firewall software?  That stuff is configurable, but most IT guys are lazy and just use the defaults until someone has them change it.  All that stuff comes from corporate as a package, or is run by a central hub.  That would be why the hospital one allows gunbroker but not other sites.  Its managed locally and someone went in to change the settings.

[alfsauve]

While "weapons" is a block genre at the school, MidwayUSA isn't on the list.

[santahog]

Ever stop to think it might not be Sears specifically, but the vendor they use for the firewall software?  That stuff is configurable, but most IT guys are lazy and just use the defaults until someone has them change it.  All that stuff comes from corporate as a package, or is run by a central hub.  That would be why the hospital one allows gunbroker but not other sites.  Its managed locally and someone went in to change the settings.

This was actually my first thought when I read the story.. Then yelling at the schmuck hocking tires will get you about what you might expect from someone in that slot..
I hate even going through Sears to get to someplace that the wife wants to go in the mall somewhere. (I loathe the entire mall, for that matter.) Sears hardware/pickup area generally has the best parking spots though.. I feel like I've got to shoot my way through there to keep from getting Duck Taped up and dragged into "Appliances" and tortured for a completed Credit Card Application..