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exposed to the internet is a pretty bad idea and it ’ s almost always accidental .”
The conclusion of NICER provides a mixed but ultimately encouraging takeaway , “ Things aren ’ t great , but not disastrously bad and relatively small changes in how we design , develop and deploy services will still have a great impact on the stability , safety and security of the internet as a whole .” This is a sentiment that Beardsley echoes : “ At the moment , I feel like a climate scientist saying global warming is happening but everyone is responding , ‘ But it ’ s fine right now ’.” Indeed , the problem with underlying issues
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