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All humans face scrutiny in their interactions with others. Software only got this bad, because we educated users broken tools are acceptable and fixable with
by pjmlp 17d ago
All humans face scrutiny in their interactions with others.
Software only got this bad, because we educated users broken tools are acceptable and fixable with computer reboots and anti-virus.
- Dylan16807 17d agoI dunno, people seem to accept most kinds of tool being fussy or flaky. But the special thing about security flaws is that they turn a one in a billion error into a guaranteed attack. It's moderately hard to make something that doesn't feel buggy, but ridiculously hard to be secure. If you hold to the standards of a bake sale it's the former. If you want full security then nobody releases anything outside very strict contracts.
- pjmlp 17d agoThankfully industry is changing, - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0881 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32... - https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Article/4523810/five-eyes-cyber-security-agencies-statement https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Artic... And I could keep listing several other world regions.