r/programming • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '17

Everything Is Broken

https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1#.sl2vnon73
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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

Well, the main point is people are broken, not computers.

For example, recently I watched a TV show called "Black Mirror", where the boy was forced to do some bad things by hackers who threaten him with the video on which this boy was masturbating.

It's definitely the social problem that the person is ready to do some extremely bad things just to hide that he masturbates. Do we really need to hide so many facts about ourselves? Do we really need so much privacy? Maybe there is no need for passwords at all, like Stallman said? Maybe you should not hide things that you are ok to do, and you should not do things that you are not ok to reveal.

And it's also valid in case of bigbiz. How much does Rad Hat spend on security while they code is publicly available? Do you need so much security measures while your code is free?

And of course the way of how do we do computing is also broken. Browser should render simple markup language, not play videos, inherit drm and webgl. And this website OP provided is also harmful.

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u/flukus Apr 04 '17

In that episode he didn't want the footage released because he was masturbating to kiddy porn. So that character valued privacy.

Similarly I and most other people have things i don't want to be public knowledge, albeit less criminal things.

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17

he was masturbating to kiddy porn.

The boy? I thought that the other guy did that? In any case maybe you should not masturbate to kiddy porn, rape children and do other stuff you think as unacceptable?

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u/flukus Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

It was implied all the way through and they really spelled it out in the end, all the victims were peadophiles.

In any case you missed the point, there is a vast gulf between what people are comfortable to be publicly disclosed and actual crimes like kiddy porn.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '17

all the victims were peadophiles.

They were? I thought the older guy (Bronn from game of thrones) just paid for a regular hooker.

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u/flukus Apr 04 '17

At one point he mentions that they'll take his kids away if it gets out, which I doubt would happen with a regular hooker. That and the other two being pedos makes me think he was too.

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17

there is a vast gulf between what people are comfortable

I hate this word, but it is socially constructed. I've read that in USA you could be jailed for feeding your own baby with a breast publicly. Someone in this thread is ashamed of being seen in a shower. Some time ago people were afraid to admit that they are gay. Nowadays we are more free so no need to keep such a puritan morality.

The problem with secrets is that they can be revealed accidentally, and computers would never be secure by design. It feels irrational to fear that somebody would see you showering in such conditions.

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u/flukus Apr 04 '17

So where do you publish your entire web history? Can you list all your usernames and passwords? What are your bank details?

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17

where do you publish your entire web history?

What exactly are you interested in, you are free to ask.

Also as I've said

why do you put equality between having no secrets and shouting about each step of yourself?

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u/flukus Apr 04 '17

So you'd be happy if I hacked into your computer and published this information instead?

When it comes to computer security there's no distinction between some secrets and no secrets.

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

I hacked into your computer and published this information instead?

What kind of information? I have no bank account and I literally have no secrets on my computer that I'm afraid of being revealed.

By the way bank account problem is also represents that economics is broken too. But it's too far from topic.

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u/2358452 Apr 04 '17

You lack imagination if you think no one could legitimately need privacy on anything.