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Re:Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says by magicalhippo on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:59AM (#40671265)
Here in Norway a bridge built with known structural deficiencies did in fact collapse[1], and basically nothing has happened except tax payers get to pay even more for a new bridge.

Unless enough lives are lost, people generally don't care that much it seems.

[1]: https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/statens-vegvesen-legg-fram-rapp...

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Re:Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says by _heimdall on Thursday June 13, 2024 @12:07PM (#40671392)
I'm not sure if this would line up with the Dunbar number or something similar, but it sure seems reasonable that societies and centralized power should never grow beyond the scale where people stop caring.

If the public is expected to keep government and corporstions in check but the public doesn't care, it can only end poorly.

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Re:Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says by nicce on Thursday June 13, 2024 @12:05PM (#40671370)
> basically nothing has happened

Maybe they proudly stated knowing the risks, and while unfortunate, risks became reality. And then everything is fine.

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