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2016 Postmortem

Peacetrain

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1. You beat me to it.. I was just getting ready to post on the dangers to the grid

Reply to glennward (Original post)

Sun Aug 14, 2016, 01:27 PM

Aug 2016

How hackers could literally push us in the dark ages.. everything is connected to the grid.. and seeing a report the other day on how 80% if American grids are not goverment but private industry.. is just scary.. you could fry a generator and it takes over a year to build one of those things.. it was mind boggling.. so yeah.. there are thorns on that bush of hacking

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Hacking and hackers really should not be regarded as "heroes." The invasion of privacy and the [View all] glennward Aug 2016 OP

You beat me to it.. I was just getting ready to post on the dangers to the grid Peacetrain Aug 2016 #1

Yes. I agree. riversedge Aug 2016 #2

Agreed Dem2 Aug 2016 #3

They aren't heroes, any more than thieves, who necessitated the invention of the lock, are heroes. MADem Aug 2016 #4

"Hacking" is another word for a thief. Just as breaking and entering into my home and taking Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #5

Enough with the fun and games. Hacking is now risky for all of us. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #6

I'm trying to imagine what we'd be saying about hackers if only Trump's emails were leaked by them. LeftRant Aug 2016 #7

It's not just the info they steal duncang Aug 2016 #8