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stymaar • today at 7:37 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

We don't need perfect security, what we need is computer people taking security seriously.

People die in car accidents every day despite car manufacturers being very careful with security. Software is eons behind.


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locknitpicker • today at 9:04 AM

> We don't need perfect security, what we need is computer people taking security seriously.

Are we in agreement that all this talk of "memory safe languages" is a red herring? I mean, who is foolish enough to believe that rewriting something in a different language makes is magically safer?