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Re:Sad reality: It's cheaper to get hacked than build strong... by WalterBright on Friday September 23, 2016 @10:00PM (#12569099)
All products carry some risk, and all companies calculate the risk vs the cost of mitigation. It's impossible to make any product if safety trumps everything else.
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Re:Sad reality: It's cheaper to get hacked than build strong... by emodendroket on Friday September 23, 2016 @11:03PM (#12569240)
OK, but if it costs you tens of thousands of dollars when some bad thing happens and it costs the vendor nothing they're likely not actually making a reasonable trade-off; they're just leaving you out to dry.
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