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This is a great summary of the economic problems perpetuating lax cybersecurity and the real political reasons we continue to suffer. The answer is clear, and t
by TehCorwiz 3y ago
This is a great summary of the economic problems perpetuating lax cybersecurity and the real political reasons we continue to suffer. The answer is clear, and there is precedent in other similar fields: we need data protection laws with teeth.
- api 3y agoThis, if done right, would also reduce surveillance capitalism by turning huge troves of personal data into liabilities rather than assets.
- monkburger 3y agoI wonder if any kind of pro-security legalisation were proposed, how many lobbying firms from big tech (Google, Amazon, etc) would fight it tooth and nail. Kind of reminds me of PHK's criticisms of HTTP2, tho (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278 https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278 ), where he makes this point; "The reason HTTP/2.0 does not improve privacy is that the big corporate backers have built their business model on top of the lack of privacy"
- alephnerd 3y ago> any kind of pro-security legalisation were proposed Most of these kinds of policies are done in coordination with companies. Google and Facebook/Meta are actually massive laggards on the lobbying side. It's companies like Cisco, Microsoft, PANW, ZScaler, Crowdstrike, etc along with some up and coming startups that partake in this. Some of the stuff they propose is good, others is crap. That said, no one's an idiot. Most of these kinds of legislations and proposals are a direct result of coordination and cooperation between defense buyers, vendors, and ICs.