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People have been trying for years to get the point across that we need to have better security. None of them have managed it. If anything, security is getting w
by saulrh 15y ago
People have been trying for years to get the point across that we need to have better security. None of them have managed it. If anything, security is getting worse because cracking tools are becoming more sophisticated. Someone had to get word out, what people were doing to raise publicity wasn't working, there was a way to get attention, and LulzSec did it. Bad as what they did is, they successfully raised media awareness of the fact that those patient records were in a clearly-labeled manila folder taped to the front door.
- bad_user 15y agoNone of them have managed it. I'm glad they didn't -- this way I can still have some privacy. cracking tools are becoming more sophisticated IMHO, it's easier to break into someone's home than into someone's server. The result more predictable too, as you can find tools that can crack open doors, windows, anything. And if all else fails, you can just watch the house until somebody makes an error, like leaving the window open by themselves (although experts don't have to do this). Real security can only be achieved through serious investments into state of the art alarms, safe-deposit boxes and by being a paranoid. Another way to do it would be to plant GPS devices in each and every human and track each movement into a centralized database, while good thieves will find ways to block that signal anyway; and that's how all of the proposals for a more "secure" Internet sounds to me - basically punishing honest citizens in the name of security.
- diminoten 15y agoThey succeeded in exactly the same way that the IRA succeeds in bringing attention to their cause when they blow up a school.