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Disenshittify or Die (pluralistic.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by moonleay to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 90 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (13 children)

And violating [an app's] terms of service puts you in jeopardy under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, which is the law that Ronald Reagan signed in a panic after watching Wargames (seriously!).

I watched it two days ago, that's tragicomic.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

I know, right? Like how the hell do you get worried from such a silly movie.. Unless he knew the us military defense systems were in fact that weak, against people and their telephones.

Nah, Reagan was just a wuss.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The nuclear codes for decades was 00000000. That's all you needed to launch nukes.

Our cyber security was atrocious

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

At least now it's 00000000!123

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