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In the title text, Randall expresses sympathy for a situation where someone spends a significant length of time on something that then becomes completely unnecessary. In this case, it's the state-sponsored hackers who develop an exploit of some hardware component, which then becomes completely useless because the target database on that hardware is totally open anyway to anyone with a web browser (which is essentially everyone). While he's not suggesting he agrees with their hacking, he has some sympathy for their wasted effort. | In the title text, Randall expresses sympathy for a situation where someone spends a significant length of time on something that then becomes completely unnecessary. In this case, it's the state-sponsored hackers who develop an exploit of some hardware component, which then becomes completely useless because the target database on that hardware is totally open anyway to anyone with a web browser (which is essentially everyone). While he's not suggesting he agrees with their hacking, he has some sympathy for their wasted effort. | ||
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+ | Comic [[1636: XKCD Stack]] also has a hypothetical technology stack, with farcial layers. | ||
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:*Compromised by a foreign government (arrow to the left) | :*Compromised by a foreign government (arrow to the left) | ||
:*Massive undiscovered hardware vulnerability (arrow to the right) | :*Massive undiscovered hardware vulnerability (arrow to the right) | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |