Hackers interrupt Iran president’s TV speech on anniversary of revolution

Re:Hackers interrupt Iran president’s TV speech on anniversa... by the_af on Sunday February 12, 2023 @08:31PM (#34769136)

I don't think your analogy is right.

A vaccine has a small risk that it can cause harmful effects to a small subset of the population. The predicted outcome is very positive.

Societal collapse and power vacuums in Iran and neighboring countries have a high risk of resulting in harm to a large population. The risk is very high and it has happened before -- in the same country, even!

Collapse and revolutions, unlike vaccines, are a high risk gamble. They can, for example, result in the Islamic Revolution, ISIS or who knows what.

So I don't think the analogy works at all.

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Re:Hackers interrupt Iran president’s TV speech on anniversa... by kaba0 on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:42AM (#34771430)

My point was more regarding the zero sum nature of these problems. Of course the “weights” are way different, but one situation is something everyone have experienced, so I don’t think it is a bad analogy.

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