Public policy is formed by whoever screams the loudest, as well as sometimes the good of the people.

No, it doesn't, I agree.

Showtalk said...

Public policy is formed by whoever screams the loudest, as well as sometimes the good of the people.

Rarely do those who scream the loudest have the good of all people in mind.

FWIW

Showtalk said:

Unless they learn something else from living in Texas.

Hopefully they will learn something else. But most people tend to react with the same old failed behavioral patterns when they feel stress.

Showtalk said:

Prices in their new area have risen so local residents can’t afford homes anymore.

Gentrification really harms the ordinary working class in an area.

Except where they are served by the Colonial pipeline, which cyberterrorists shut down for nearly a week with a ransomware attack.

I did hear that someone hacked the hackers and took tens to hundreds of millions in cryptocurrency from them while shutting down their entire ability to conduct further cyberterrorism.

But gas went over $5 a gallon in those parts of the east coast.

I blame realtors who always wanted prices to go up.

$1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S) said:

I did hear that someone hacked the hackers and took tens to hundreds of millions in cryptocurrency from them while shutting down their entire ability to conduct further cyberterrorism.

Will that stop them? Something must!

Showtalk said...

Will that stop them? Something must!

As long as our lifelines... (electrical power {incl. nuclear}, water, gas/petroleum) are connected to the internet, there is a possibility that they can be hacked... or at least shut down with a DoS (Denial of Service) attack.

The only way to prevent this is to go off the grid or use a private grid which cannot be hacked.

But with all the devices we have today with USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G/4G/5G, other IoT devices using their own proprietary methods... being used by many of these lifeline providers... hardening them such that they cannot be attacked is something that should have already been put into place.

However, as you can clearly see, what should have been in place isn't and that's where the break occurred. So you find where the break occurred, plug it and ensure it stays plugged as well as ensuring that there are no other unplugged vulnerabilities!

FWIW

There must be motivation to do this.