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Been thinking about this a lot, and forgive me if it's already been brought up. However, one thing I've heard time and time again about this whole incident, is American people screaming about the lack of security. The security we display in most aspects of our society echo the same security we display in most of our networks as well. Look at Microsoft's Windows for instance. Probably one of the most insecure OS'es on the Internet at the moment. Yet, millions of people still tolerate it. Time and time again, it has been the target of attacks. However, Microsoft releases a flimsy patch, and tells us everything is going to be OK. A few months later (sometimes weeks or days), it gets nailed again. All of this, for convenience. Now ask yourself, why was it so easy to hijack these planes? Because we have sacrificed security for convenience - and our enemy used that against us. Well, something to chew on. G'Night. -- Robert Hough ([email protected])
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