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https://twitter.com/cynicalsecurity/status/1540742842238128129 https://twitter.com/cynicalsecurity/status/15407428422381281... > Clown Computing is an elegant,
by transpute 4y ago
https://twitter.com/cynicalsecurity/status/1540742842238128129 https://twitter.com/cynicalsecurity/status/15407428422381281...
> Clown Computing is an elegant, distributed, breach of trust.
> Take customers, as many as you like, convince them to hand you all their data,
the management of said data, the authentication and, while you are at it, the
DNS. Oh, and they pay for it too!
> If this was done in real life it would be called a robbery, possibly at gunpoint, definitely in broad daylight. It used to be the case that Oracle licensing was deemed the pinnacle of IT robbery ('90s) but it looks positively quaint now.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThe transfer of various liabilities is omitted from the above tweets, which is clearly worth something to some people.
- whatever1 4y agoWhat liabilities? Cloud operators are breached on a monthly basis and there are no repercussions.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoCould be as simple as the decision maker being able to point finger at the vendor. Could be PR related, where media does not report your company’s equipment was compromised. Could be reduced exposure to getting locked out of your own system and having to pay a ransom.
- Daishiman 4y agoWhat makes you think F500 companies don't get breached all the time?
- abirch 4y agoExactly. I know if a large bank that went to the cloud after one of its infrastructure employees walked away with data on a USB stick.