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Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the illness (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 months ago

If security were at the front of development efforts, this would be far less of an issue. I've said it since the 90's.

Tcp/IP was intentionally released without encryption with the argument that routing hardware lacked the necessary performance to handle it (which wasn't incorrect, just misleading).

Windows at least was originally built as a single-user system on a disconnected computer. Though Window NT and it's children have no excuse for not having stronger security models from the start (especially since it's essentially a fork of DEC Alpha).