The Inefficiency of Security
 
   The end result of the cyber warfare scare and computer 
security seems to be inefficiency.  It just took me an 
hour to send an important email.
   Does anyone have any examples of how their computer 
was cracked or of a cyber attack?  I hear all these 
presuppositions, but there never seems to be evidence, 
and I've looked.  Forums don't discuss the how because 
system administors don't want to expose the security 
measures they take.
   Computers were never designed to sort through the 
infinite combination's of software and encryption that we 
could encounter.  Instead people reformatted the hard 
drive and reinstalled the operating system.  It was that 
simple, and still could be if a little thought was put 
behind the cyber warfare hysteria.  Instead what we have 
is people expounding possibilities with chest pounding 
because they can imagine the worst.  Now it seems if 
anybody misses a keystroke it's blamed on a virus or 
malicious software.
   You know if you click the file drop down menu on most 
Window apps there an option to 'save' a file.  If you 
save something it's your responsibility and if you're 
running a power grid, or something, and you don't know 
what files are going to be affected by what you save, 
then you better redesign the system and not blame it on 
cyber warfare if it crashes.  Today they call it cyber 
warefare.  Tomorrow it may be called malicious break 
dancing for all we know.  We have to take responsibility 
for our own actions and our our systems.
   
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