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These days, the CPU cycles aren't where we bear the bulk of the cost of malware running on a machine.
by billpg 17y ago
These days, the CPU cycles aren't where we bear the bulk of the cost of malware running on a machine.
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- borism 17y agowdym? proportionally to available computing power, probably yes, malware should be on decline as a percentage. but total should still be growing? do you mean network overhead? I think funny videos from youtube and pirated material is leader here.
- billpg 17y agoI mean the human and economic costs. The costs of fraud because some malware exposed your passwords. Time spent typing in captchas instead of something useful. Software developers spending time securing their code instead of making useful stuff.