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usonian

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2. Hacks are not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN"

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 01:59 AM

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It's impossible to patch stuff as fast as exploits are found.

And of course, there's social engineering (spear-phishing and beyond)

The ONLY security-audited code I have seen is the OpenBSD operating system, and that's just an operating system.

Any other code you add is caveat hacker.

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DIgital ID. JUST SAY NO. --- Sweden's Digital ID System Hacked, Public's Data Sold on Dark Web [View all] usonian Saturday OP

Kind of glad this happened. Provides a bit of comeuppance to the people who didn't listen to warnings. eppur_se_muova Saturday #1

Hacks are not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN" usonian Saturday #2