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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by stephengillie on Sunday August 12, 2018 @04:19PM (#17746213)
Other industries have controls that prevent simple passwords from being used. Who audits the missile control groups?
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Re:Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Securit... by paulie_a on Sunday August 12, 2018 @08:58PM (#17747373)
The all zero thing goes back a while when someone in the military was told to put launch codes in and defiantly made them 0. Because God forbid there should be any protection on the most deadly device ever created by man.
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