Re:The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
by zarify on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @10:43PM
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But at the same time, the consequence for access of account information for cat pictures site on the site holding financial information shouldn't be discounted (passwords, social engineering info etc).
To continue the (somewhat stretched) building analogy my house falling down doesn't affect yours, but someone stealing my access codes from my poorly secured building potentially could affect the security of yours.
Not necessarily. To use the analogy with the building industry, there are different requirements depending on what the building will be used for. Startups holding or processing financial information might have one set of regulations, whereas those hosting cat pictures might be less rigorous.