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† john morley | ghost

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It's telling to examine the similarities in emotional and computing vulnerabilities.

Many of the same security problems that existed in IPv4's implementation were not corrected in IPv6 (buffer overflows). One careless programmer can make a hundred thousand problems down the line with a brief lapse of attention (bounds checking). Constant vigilance and repeated testing of personal defenses are the only sure methods of safety.

And safety is a target in motion.

Generally speaking: how many times do you have to make the same mistake before you learn? Only once? Twice?

A hundred times?

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Some mistakes, once.

Others...we never learn.

And you believe there are clear distinctions between the two?

Yes.

What are some examples of the... the ones "we never learn"?

Following one's heart.

It is almost never a good idea, yet most of us do it anyway because we cannot help ourselves.

[DAMMIT MIDII STOP SEEING THROUGH HIM WHEN HE'S NOT INVISIBLE...]

Ah, a completely unrelated example.

[not fooling anybody]

[MAYBE SHE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT YOU, HUH, GHOST?]

[...okay, so she was. But only because:]

Not really.

I did the same thing.

[pause] I would advise you be careful what you leave unencrypted.

Appreciated, but not necessary.

It is hardly a secret.

If this person were to be ported in, what then?

He was.

Then he left.

Hmnh.

I'm sorry, Midii.

[Very softly:] So am I.

...You are not alone here.

I know.

It is not the same, though.

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