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> Doubly so, if they pop up where they shouldn't be in the first place - like e.g. IoT Hanlon's razor, "never attribute to malice that which is adequately expl
by lucb1e 6y ago
> Doubly so, if they pop up where they shouldn't be in the first place - like e.g. IoT
Hanlon's razor, "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity", does seem to apply to that particular one, though. But I'm no war historian or politician or something; while the security of these devices is stupidity to the point of criminal negligence, I find it hard to say for sure whether some of this might be on purpose.
- nmlnn 6y agoThat's just something people repeat over and over again until it seems true. In reality it just provides cover for malicious actors/actions.
- bilbo0s 6y agoI agree. The CIA, NSA, DHS, etc are all much, much smarter than me, and I would use IoT to compromise targets if it were my job. So there's that data point.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoI have my own razor[0], that I tend to call Hanlon's Handgun: "Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by systemic incentives promoting malice". I think it applies here more than Hanlon's Original. Also, I wasn't thinking about security. I was thinking about intentional abuse of data, that starts with collecting and processing data that doesn't need to be done for a device to function. -- [0] - Introduced in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691282, named after me in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691718 :).
- fsflover 6y agoYou razor is also described here (and called "moloch"): https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoYeah :). That's one of my favorite articles on the Internet and meditating on these meditations had a big role in shaping my current set of beliefs.
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