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There are 5 billion people on the internet. This is 0.0004%. Even 2 million is only 0.04%. (this assumes that 1 person = 1 device; some people share devices, m

by arp242 3y ago

There are 5 billion people on the internet. This is 0.0004%. Even 2 million is only 0.04%. (this assumes that 1 person = 1 device; some people share devices, most people have more than one, e.g. I have a laptop and a router, many people also have a phone, a work laptop, and whatnot – the average is probably >1, maybe even >2)

masklinn 3y ago
> this assumes that 1 person = 1 device; some people share devices, most people have more than one, e.g. I have a laptop and a router, many people also have a phone, a work laptop, and whatnot – the average is probably >1, maybe even >2 And lots of devices are not even that, Internet of Shit garbage is well known for being botnet-central, servers running insecure services are good fodder (it's very common for vulnerabilities to be used not to exploit the machine itself, but to install C&C and leverage the machine into other attacks), ...