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> Kids won't hack corporate systems. The entire history of hacking shows that kids will, do, and always have hacked corporate systems. They'll absolutely hack
by autoexec 2y ago
> Kids won't hack corporate systems.
The entire history of hacking shows that kids will, do, and always have hacked corporate systems. They'll absolutely hack each other while they're at it, but much of that time will also involve hacking corporate systems. Even kids who hack video games are very often hacking corporate systems because it's corporations who control the game servers.
I would much rather have corporations and the countless third party companies/hardware/services they depend on all patching and hardening their stuff for fear of pesky children cheating in video games than let all those corporations become complacent. As it stands today corporations do only the bare minimum when it comes to security as repeatedly evidenced by the endless leaks and data breaches which rarely involve complex vulnerability chain attacks full of zero days and most often could have easily been avoided by protecting against threats that are very well known and for which solutions already exist.
The harm caused by trolls and cyberbullies is dwarfed by the harms these corporations would cause society if they had any less pressure to take even the most basic steps to protect our accounts and our data.
- collingreen 2y agoWell do you see it helping out the way you're suggesting? I just see two problems in the world not "the lesser of two evils".
- autoexec 2y ago> I just see two problems in the world not "the lesser of two evils". You're right about that. It's far from an ideal solution. I'd much rather if that pressure came from regulation that would consistently deliver severe consequences for any company that decides to cut costs/increase profits by neglecting their responsibility to protect our data and the systems and services we pay for and depend on. That way, all systems would be reasonably protected. We wouldn't have to worry as much about pranking teenagers causing disruptions and posting penis pictures, and it would still make it harder for the adult hackers to gain access and do much worse.