21 Oct
2016
21 Oct
'16
9:16 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 02:54:32PM -0400, jonetsu wrote:
OK. Meanwhile there is currently a cyber attack going
on on the US,
with at least one segment down affecting the east. Diaspora is still
available at the moment. Soundcloud is not (depending on your
location).
The map shown at USA Today is getting worse than it was earlier today:
Good. And it's only going to get better. Maybe this will make those
in power think about mandatory security standards for the Things that
make up the IOT. Today you can hire botnets consisting of half a
million video recorders, fridges and toothbrushes. And that's because
neither the manufacturers nor the users of those things care about
security.
Ciao,
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It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)