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What's described in the article is not a security problem. It's an availability problem. I would argue consumers DO care about the availability and I see lots
by faeriechangling 6y ago
What's described in the article is not a security problem. It's an availability problem. I would argue consumers DO care about the availability and I see lots of cloud based systems with local fallbacks.
When IKEA introduced cloud devices, IKEA hardly a company known for high prices or using expensive stuff in their products, they had local fallbacks. Their product is competing with the reliability of less expensive devices controlled with a light switch. Locks are another case where if you reinvent the wheel and get significantly less reliability people will be mad.
- PeterisP 6y agoAvailability is 1/3 of what we traditionally define as security (Confidentiality, Integrity, & Availability), so it definitely is a security problem.
- brendoelfrendo 6y agoYes, business continuation and disaster recovery is often considered a security discipline for this exact reason. Not every disaster is a hurricane or an earthquake; there are plenty of man-made threats to availability.
- jcims 6y agoI don’t know if it’s helping but I’ve started to blend in the term safety to try to bridge that cognitive rut of security = hack avoidance.