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Expensive for a person running 10,000 bots, irrelevant to a hostile nation doing the same.
by oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
Expensive for a person running 10,000 bots, irrelevant to a hostile nation doing the same.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoAlmost everything is irrelevant to a hostile nation state, because by its very nature it can outspend your security if it cares badly enough. In the immortal words of James Mickens[0], "If your adversary is the Mossad, YOU’RE GONNA DIE AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT." Raising the costs has a general effect of cutting out people who do not care enough to pay - be it individuals, companies, or governments. ---- [0] - https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf