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Fair, but... How many actors globally are trying to specifically break into the average person's machine and map out their home network, ports, services etc? Ho
by oneepic 4y ago
Fair, but... How many actors globally are trying to specifically break into the average person's machine and map out their home network, ports, services etc? How many American homes (or, well, citizens of other countries) have to worry about insiders and spies selling confidential info and stock tips?
Maybe this is a silly way of making my point, but I just think the average person's home is much less of a juicy target and has much less of an attack surface than a cloud provider. (edits for wording)
- CharlesW 4y ago
- kixiQu 4y ago> through loss
- oneepic 4y agoSorry for not coming back to this comment sooner. I don't understand the point you're trying to make.
- kixiQu 4y agoAh, well, just that if you include "I lost my device" or "I left my bag at a cafe and someone took it", as the comment to which you were responding did explicitly, the "attack surface" gets a lot more realistic-looking, and that's worth balancing mentally. (I think this is important because I am the person who loses stuff)
- oneepic 4y agoThat makes sense. Although now I'm curious what the average thief does with a device these days... I wonder if they even know how to get past a login screen, get your info and sell it? Or they just break it down for parts/pawn it off?