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I think the amount of people damaged by hacks exceeds the numbers saved in your scenario by several orders of magnitude. In fact your post is one of the first
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
I think the amount of people damaged by hacks exceeds the numbers saved in your scenario by several orders of magnitude. In fact your post is one of the first I’ve ever read that sees software and hardware vulnerabilities as a good thing.
- tinco 7y agoI'm not saying they are a good thing per se, just a reassuring thing. It means we still need to be in control of our systems, and can't blindly let our systems control us, because indeed they are fallible. It's of course rather philosophical. There's also a big difference between these sort of vulnerabilities, and the sort of problems that enable for example ransomware, which is a serious issue that has a more difficult solution than simply designing more robust hardware. Anyway, if you're intrigued maybe check out Ghost in the Shell sometime (not the one with Scarlett Johansson, although it is enjoyable, it's not really the same thing), if it needs to be Hollywood, then maybe the Hackers movie would also work a bit (with Angelina Jolie).
- Spooky23 7y agoThere is definitely an argument to be made. Discovery of these bugs improves software. If not for Blaster/Welchia years ago, Microsoft would not have empathized security or quality in their products for years.