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1. Why russians? We actually neighbors (40 minutes from my home to Finland), we like them and we prefer to be friends with them. 2. Everybody can be smart afte
by EugeneOZ 10y ago
1. Why russians? We actually neighbors (40 minutes from my home to Finland), we like them and we prefer to be friends with them.
2. Everybody can be smart after the case :) I'm sure now the'll design something more safe.
- Pxtl 10y agoRussian hackers are a meme right now because of their meddling in the US Election. They hacked the Clinton campaign's email system. There's also the recent spate of DDOS attacks traced to Russia, iirc.
- EugeneOZ 10y agoAfter Trump election you can forget about them.
- ComteDeLaFere 10y agoYeah, that's kind of the problem.
- ivan_gammel 10y agoA day after election 5 of Top 10 Russian banks were DDOSed by some IoT botnet. "Coincidence? I don't think so".
- EugeneOZ 10y agoYou don't understand difference between local hackers and government-paid hackers.
- ivan_gammel 10y agoI do understand it, of course. Regarding "coincidence", it was a kind of joke - a quote from top Russian propagandist Kiselev. ;)
- saucetenuto 10y ago> we like them and we prefer to be friends with them. How true is this? Every Finnish person I've ever met has mistrusted and feared Russia.
- EugeneOZ 10y ago100%. Russia is multi-national country and we have some nations inside country that we don't like (sorry, but it's true), so I can say we like Finns even more than some russians :) They have awesome vodka (much, much better than any russian vodka), they are smart and friendly, not arrogant - awesome people. I highly doubt any russian leader, even Putler, will try to offend them.
- zzzcpan 10y agoRussia is like the only enemy Finland has at this point, it doesn't matter whether you, personally, like them or not.
- EugeneOZ 10y agoBullshit. Do not read Soviet newspapers until dinner. It's not "just me". Looks like you get your information from news portals which nobody read in Russia because they are owned by government.
- geoka9 10y agoThe Russian military has been skirting/violating the Finnish airspace lately. It's in the (Western) news.
- EugeneOZ 10y agoThey are violating somebody's airspace every week, nobody cares. It's just political games of the current moment, it's not whole nation's decisions. Or you think we call referendum before each airspace trespassing?
- reitanqild 10y agoAgree. Some say Russia is the only neighbouring country Norway hasn't been at war with, although I cannot think of a time when we ever fought against the Finnish either. That said, no reason not to be careful after what has happened in Ukraine etc we should of course be careful: Russia can wipe out half of Norway just by turning around while they sleep.
- geoka9 10y agoYou guys were lucky Russia didn't roll over Finland in 1939. You'd probably be next in line, right after Sweden.
- reitanqild 10y agoMaybe yes. That's why we try to be friends and we continue to be part of NATO
- digi_owl 10y agoAnd now apparently there will be some 300 US Marines stationed on Norwegian soil. Something that didn't happen even at the height of the cold war...
- digi_owl 10y agoFrankly i think that oversimplifies what happened in Ukraine. The civil war may or may not have been part of the plan, but the primary Russian goal was to secure their supply route to the Black Sea naval port. A port that Ukraine had been happily leasing to the Russians since the dismantling of the USSR. There are no such reason for Russia to enter Norway. They already have Murmansk as a naval port, and they export way more oil and natural gas than Norway.
- lisivka 10y agoThere is no civil war in Ukraine.
- ryukafalz 10y ago> Everybody can be smart after the case :) I'm sure now the'll design something more safe. Yes, but this is the kind of basic issue that everyone designing any sort of networked system should be aware of. The network is not reliable, and if you assume it is you're just setting yourself up for failure.