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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Quentin Hardy
Yep. Vint Cerf ("father of the internet") makes the same point I make. "Biggest challenge, biggest issue going fwd."https://twitter.com/qhardy/status/863747931253358594 …
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Let me put it this way: if software is eating the world, the world is going to eat software too. Responsibilities have to balance.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Chris Mertens
Umm yes. Most of our tech & infrastructure has much longer lifespan. Is software runs infrastructure, we must match.https://twitter.com/camertens/status/863759365383368704 …
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People claim that it's stupid to argue software safety consider every other historical example. Vint Cerf makes same point, too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Reminder for using car examples: Emission/safety standards: 1-made things better 2-helped US competitiveness 3-were resisted tooth and nail
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Treating software security as a public health type problem would immensely help the software industry, and open up so many vistas.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted ZUMA #EndTheFilibuster 🌹 🌞
Crappy legislation more likely if the industry stays "we called it EOL; it's your problem if patch bricks your MRI."https://twitter.com/neilyoungsaveus/status/863830558610259968 …
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Great
@RossSchulman article that outlines ecology that got us to WCry. "All the players have to come together." THIS http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/world/global-cyberattack-failure-acknowledge-threat-article-1.3164302 …pic.twitter.com/fG4lPtyaS1
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard
When people ask me about security, I always start with update your software and OS. Almost everyone is surprised.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/863878976971952130 …
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Years of listening to why ppl don't update/patch. Almost nobody tells them the security side and updates bundled with unwanted stuff. Fail.
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updates bundled with unwanted stuff PLUS most updates inevitably screw something up.
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