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I'm 46, and yes I remember those days. In fact I live in Canada, and in my neighbourhood it is not uncommon for people to leave their doors unlocked. But if I l
by milesf 11y ago
I'm 46, and yes I remember those days. In fact I live in Canada, and in my neighbourhood it is not uncommon for people to leave their doors unlocked. But if I lived in a different neighbourhood with a high crime rate, my doors would not only be locked, but probably bolted and an alarm system would be set every time I left the building.
The burden and responsibility to protect my home is mine. This isn't an either/or as to who to blame, it's a both/and. So back to the link. If you have a high-value service like an electrical grid, or dam, or nuclear plant that is open to the Internet (the most crime-ridden neighbourhood on the planet), do you really honesty think the media's typical response of "hackers broke in to..." is the correct narrative?
- tdkl 11y ago> do you really honesty think the media's typical response of "hackers broke in to..." is the correct narrative? Of course it isn't, but when did media stop at that ? Link baits and ad revenue are more tempting then integrity. Freedom of press, monetization and responsibility - pick two.
- milesf 11y agoI pick number four: education. Which goes back to my point, that we need some sort of public awareness day on what Internet security _really_ is, or something - I don't really care what it is - to change the narrative. Otherwise we're going to have some huge disaster to some major infrastructure because of an unprotected remote connection like the article shows, and the company that committed it will likely cover up the cause.