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When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron (www.404media.co)
submitted 6 days ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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One of the most basic tenets of cybersecurity is that you must “consider your threat model” when trying to keep your data and your communications safe, and then take appropriate steps to protect yourself.

This means you need to consider who you are, what you are talking about, and who may want to know that information (potential adversaries) for any given account, conversation, etc. The precautions you want to take to protect yourself if you are a random person messaging your partner about what you want to eat for dinner may be different than those you’d want to take, if, hypothetically, you are the Secretary of Defense of the United States or a National Security Advisor talking to top administration officials about your plans for bombing an apartment building in Yemen.

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[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Another 9/11 scale fuckup is all but guaranteed, mark my words.

[–] liverbe@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yup, people are going to die, and it is going to be their fault... and they won't care. Maybe the American people will. 🤔

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Americans will be pissed, but at the end of the day nothing measurable will come of it. We'd have to be straight starving to get off our asses and get shit done.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And by then they'll already have declared martial law.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 5 days ago

That's gonna happen when a riot occurs or a protest gets violent. Presidents can do it for any length of time, and only Congress has the power to reign them in. And of course, none of them would do that, so it's "Marshall" Law until they crown Trump or Vance emperor.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I'm cool with starving, just don't touch my internet service.

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