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I'm not a civic engineer, but I know some, and that doesn't ring true. I know, for example, that with regards to the NYC subway post-9/11 there was rigorous wor
by staticassertion 5y ago
I'm not a civic engineer, but I know some, and that doesn't ring true. I know, for example, that with regards to the NYC subway post-9/11 there was rigorous work to plan and implement safety measures against various terrorist threats. That included modeling the impact of various types of bombs in different parts of NYC's subway tunnels, etc.
This work was mandated for projects that were, in aggregate, likely billions of dollars.
- rictic 5y agoAttacking a cell phone is different in some ways from attacking a subway system though. The cell phone's defenses are effectively 100% automated, and the attacker can buy a perfect copy of their intended target's phone to and safely try out an indefinite number of attacks on this copy until that attack is perfected. Once the attack is ready it can be deployed with very little exposure to the attackers. If the attack doesn't work, the attackers are unlikely to be discovered and you can make another attempt. Attacking a subway system in comparison, the planning will be done based on diagrams and theory, the attackers only get one attempt, many of the defenses will be unknown, the target environment is highly unpredictable, includes human defenders, and even if successful the attackers will likely either die or spend the rest of their lives imprisoned.