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Don’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
by tinus_hn 3y ago
Don’t attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
- Forbo 3y agoWhen it comes to corporations, don't attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by greed. This could easily be avoided by having proper security engineering, but that costs money! They're only about a decade late to the whole post-Snowden "maybe we shouldn't trust unverified code delivered over interceptable cleartext channels" explosion.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoThis motherboard security stuff should get Linus tech tips level attention and absolutely roast them to the point of a reform
- dustfinger 3y agoThat is a cute quote, but people still need to be held accountable for compromising the ability of millions of devices to update firmware securely. Stupidity or malice, the end result is the same. Having said that, hopefully someone will investigate whether or not there was ill intent.
- naruhodo 3y agoAny sufficiently advanced malice is indistinguishable from incompetence.