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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Oct-2021 00:48:07 UTC
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I’m really starting to think the “smart” thing to do about pervasive network connected and computer controlled devices is to follow the USSR’s example.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Soviets rolled out a new aircraft (I think it was nicknamed “Foxbat” by USA / NATO). Later, when they got the opportunity to examine one, they found that its electronics still used vacuum tubes.
But were the Soviets using primitive technology because they couldn’t produce silicon semiconductors? No, I don’t think so. I think it may have been that they thought about the effects of a nuclear weapon’s “EMP” wave on electronics and concluded that tube-based systems were more likely to survive such a blast.
In other words, I think it may be “smart” to consider the possible consequences and make technology choices that mitigate the worst outcomes.
But this must happen on a broad scale. It matters little if I alone make it difficult for malware to wipe out my financial records and a widespread malware attack puts the rest of the nation back into the 1800s, except without the accumulated knowledge and skillsets to operate in that environments.