There were console outputs after nearly every line. I asked about them: "Oh, I couldn't get the debugger to work, so I print everything to the console"
This was everywhere. The whole program was like this. On a standard Linux machine. It wasn't even remote debugging or something. Just a local C++ program.
The filenames where written in 8+3. Again, on a modern Linux machine. His answer? "You never know where we'll port this software to"
Onto computers that were outdated decades ago? To embedded systems? Of course he had no answer for this except "just in case..."
I could tell you more, that software was the stuff for nightmares.
It's insane how this is handled. Some terrorist kills children? Thoughts and prayers. ONE member of the upper class gets shot? National manhunt and death sentence.
In case anyone wonders why the Islamic extremist attacks didn't have any impact after 9/11? They didn't kill any of the 1%ers so they could be ignored. Want national fame and politicians calling for your head? Kill rich people. As you see, it doesn't even have to be many.
I didn't mean a specific state, I just wanted to imply that terrorists backed by a state - with the money and connections that encompasses - would have the means to do this.
I currently don't see any state that would wish to cripple the internet. That would hurt indiscriminately.
Perhaps in the future, before a planned attack, to sow chaos. So China or Russia perhaps.
Perhaps North Korea, but I don't think they have the power or knowledge to do something like that and China would get mad.
It's not that expensive if you use them as slave labor and ignore their human rights... Well, still expensive for the tax payers, but who cares for those peasants? /s
The checks and balances were destroyed when the supreme court elevated the president over the law. And even before that money and corporate interest had influenced the laws against the people.
The supreme court is corrupt. We know that, yet nothing was done. The president is a criminal, yet nothing was done. The elections are influenced and the election law is outdated and unjust. Yet nothing was done.
It gets worse under Republicans and next to nothing changes under Democrats.
Here is my story:
There were console outputs after nearly every line. I asked about them: "Oh, I couldn't get the debugger to work, so I print everything to the console" This was everywhere. The whole program was like this. On a standard Linux machine. It wasn't even remote debugging or something. Just a local C++ program. The filenames where written in 8+3. Again, on a modern Linux machine. His answer? "You never know where we'll port this software to" Onto computers that were outdated decades ago? To embedded systems? Of course he had no answer for this except "just in case..."
I could tell you more, that software was the stuff for nightmares.