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"Perhaps the only good amateur epidemiologist."—NYT. @UNC prof. Words in @TheAtlantic and @NYTimes. Writes @insight newsletter: http://zeynep.substack.com .

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
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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

      3 replies 16 retweets 54 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Treating software security as a public health type problem would immensely help the software industry, and open up so many vistas.

      15 replies 34 retweets 59 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted ZUMA #SaveUSPS  🌹 🌞

      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 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      ZUMA #SaveUSPS  🌹 🌞 @NeilYoungSaveUs
      Replying to @zeynep
      The concern is this will be used to push legislation like #CISPA
      1 reply 7 retweets 17 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      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

      2 replies 22 retweets 26 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
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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 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Pinboard @Pinboard
      NYT front page: “Protecting Your Digital Life in 8 Easy Steps”, none of which is “keep your software updated” https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/technology/personaltech/encryption-privacy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 …
      2 replies 48 retweets 62 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Years of listening to why ppl don't update/patch. Almost nobody tells them the security side and updates bundled with unwanted stuff. Fail.

      8 replies 18 retweets 38 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Patrick Coomans  🚀

      Folks, possible that WCry method will be tried again soon without any kills-switch. Patch or do this. Ask your IT.https://twitter.com/patrickcoomans/status/863309342468165632 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Patrick Coomans  🚀 @patrickcoomans
      #WannaCry #ransomware If you can't patch, disable SMBv1 - Microsoft support: http://bit.ly/2qCtNVd  pic.twitter.com/dld06sYQDn
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      2 replies 48 retweets 44 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Thomas G. Dietterich

      This, and the rest of thread. Yes let's get people off XP (but safely) but resistance to upgrades has many reasons.https://twitter.com/tdietterich/status/863906248776794112 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Thomas G. Dietterich @tdietterich
      Replying to @tdietterich @zeynep
      2/ Unneeded changes discourage upgrades and patching. Even worse, @microsoft starting putting marketing in the Windows Update stream
      3 replies 17 retweets 23 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 May 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Barry Dorrans

      Also people telling me that everyone should just upgrade and that's that. Please read this thread. Typical scenario.https://twitter.com/blowdart/status/863364192316735488 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Barry DorransVerified account @blowdart
      The release of the patch probably isn't going to help that £15m MRI machine that runs XP embedded whose maker went bankrupt 10 years ago.
      3 replies 42 retweets 59 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      My oped over the weekend. Software *is* eating the world. Tech world, gov'ts & institutions *have to* turn a corner. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/the-world-is-getting-hacked-why-dont-we-do-more-to-stop-it.html …pic.twitter.com/WqV2N1m0gK

      7 replies 87 retweets 121 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 May 2017

      Tech folk keep saying Win XP is ancient. It's not. Software can't run infrastructure w/ expectation to junk it in a decade. Time to adjust.

      5:16 AM - 15 May 2017
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      17 replies 45 retweets 54 likes
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          I understand that software is a fast-moving industry. But it is now integrated into the world. The standards and expectations have to match.

          3 replies 25 retweets 26 likes
        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          Security, safety and stability have to take a front-seat in software. I hear all the resistance, but *this* will actually open up vistas.

          2 replies 10 retweets 22 likes
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        1. Cat  🦄 Black‏ @pinkthingie 15 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          It is. You are maybe right to criticize it, but it wasn't made to last 30 years. It was supposed to be replaced in <10.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        2. Cat  🦄 Black‏ @pinkthingie 15 May 2017
          Replying to @pinkthingie @zeynep

          Maybe it should have been designed to last 30 years, but it was not and you can't go back in time and change that.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1.  ✨ Joe F. ™  ✨‏ @mergesort 15 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          Can’t believe we’re still using Unix, it’s Paleolithic by these standards.

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        1. ashar‏ @ashariqbal 15 May 2017
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          XP is consumer grade software. Expecting this to run infrastructure is optimistic.

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        1. Felix Gilcher‏ @Xylakant 15 May 2017
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          It is. The error was replacing custom OSes with a general purpose OS for many use-cases. Increased attack surface manifold.

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        1. Little Free Library of Babel‏ @fivetonsflax 15 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          XP is a consumer desktop system. Someone chose to use it for infrastructure, instead of an industrial grade system.

          2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        2. Little Free Library of Babel‏ @fivetonsflax 15 May 2017
          Replying to @fivetonsflax @zeynep

          It’s as unfair to expect long-term support for a system like that as it is to ask infra owners to patch on short notice.

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