Does it matter if software is unreliable and insecure?(pietersz.net)
1 pointby graemep2 hours ago4 comments
  • zer0tonin2 hours ago
    Yes it does.
  • AnimalMuppet2 hours ago
    In a world where the next big war is almost certain to open with a massive cyberattack? Yes, it matters.
    • graemepan hour ago
      It matters who whom? To the military, definitely. To the typical business? I doubt it. In the event of a big war most people will only be worried about critical systems, and even the people running those do not believe it is worth bothering about.

      I think its worth bothering at the social level, but in practice people are bothered. I am the author, and I would love to do everything right. My point (see the last section) is whether trying to persuade the rest of the world to care is Quixotic.

      • AnimalMuppet31 minutes ago
        Well, it matters for anything that is infrastructure, which has a wider range than we usually think - commercial freezers, for instance, or water treatment plants.

        More than that, though, it matters for the economy, and the economy matters if the war lasts very long. And whether the war lasts long or not, it matters for the individual business.

        I think it's just that nobody considers the risk as being very high. Personally, I'd consider it to be at least 30% chance over the next five years, but that's just me.

  • babdelhadi2 hours ago
    set a spending cap on your API.
    • graemepan hour ago
      Have you posted this in the wrong discussion?
  • voidUpdate2 hours ago
    > "So with all this, where are the waves of compromised sites?"

    https://haveibeenpwned.com/

    • graemepan hour ago
      That proves my point. it says "1,049 pwned website". That is a tiny fraction of vulnerable websites.