People arguing "many to blame and the whole ecology is messed up!" I agree. I wrote that. Piece focuses on what few big players should do.
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And Microsoft's EXTRA cash hoard of $100 billion isn't irrelevant. It's partly there because we let software be sold "as is", no liability.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Anshul Saxena
That money is sitting around, idling offshore, while the economy of India may fail because of XP in ATMs crisis.https://twitter.com/AskAnshul/status/863654307219988481 …
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Microsoft better about security recently and is best positioned to lead fixing a chunk of this problem. And everyone has to change approach.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nick S
I agree we should get people off XP as fast as we can. I wrote that. Just this way of "let them sink" isn't working.https://twitter.com/DeusExNovo/status/863740551849545728 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Greg Wilson
The way enterprises approach IT security is ALSO not working. Agree with pushing there too. The ecology failing.https://twitter.com/gvwilson/status/863741226595610624 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nick S
"End-of-life" as decided by MS. Look, software is part of world. World life-cycle and software have to match better.https://twitter.com/DeusExNovo/status/863742469724393472 …
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Also! New variants of the ransomware that hit Britain. If you work anywhere that runs XP, ask *now* if it's patched. Ask your IT. Patch.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Adam
This has been said about every safety feature we ever got. By this logic: no seat belts, lead paint everywhere.https://twitter.com/xmaccabix/status/863744644198346752 …
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This is a weird comparison. No auto maker is responsible for your safety repairs ever, even when it means buying a new car from them
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They are responsible for defects; cars without seat belts were defective and we stopped allowing them to happen.
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There are limitations on that. No auto maker was responsible for retroactively adding seat belts to cars 15 years later
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And none came with a 10 year warranty like XP did
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