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Comment by katastic

In my experience, the entire world runs on insecure systems (and will continue to do so until companies start getting sued into oblivion for leaking data). Secure systems are the exception--not the norm. It's just not a priority because companies only prioritize things that "add value". So until we attach a real cost to lack-of-security, it won't be valued.

I've literally seen a college have admin credentials hosted on a publicly addressable plaintext document just so that their new machines can netboot. And that's just one, quick, story out of dozens upon dozens I have.

parent katastic 9 years ago

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