With covid we saw how a deadly virus shut down the world economy and it became a political issue and the right became pro virus. Well is a computer virus with covid characteristics something the left should worry about?

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

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  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Probably too many different software/hardware configurations out in the wild to have a computer virus that was about to mutate and spread as fast, far, and with as much ability to survive as COVID.

      • D61 [any]
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        3 years ago

        Think about how hard it is for a single software company to make a piece of software that functions the same across ALL platforms...

        The amount of workarounds needed to make a video game function on different Windows platforms at times, kinda makes me think that with the tech ecosystem as diverse as it is, a single flaw that would effect all computers is unlikely.

      • prismaTK
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        10 months ago

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    3 years ago

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  • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Not really. A computer virus is only somewhat analogous to a virus, and the conditions by which they spread are different. A computer virus is a program that exploits a specific security vulnerability in a specific piece of software. A human has to find the exploit, then design the virus, then release it. After it's released, it generally gets patched very quickly and the exploit can't be used again. Computer viruses don't "mutate", nor do they affect systems that don't use the software that has the exploit.

    Basically, imagine if COVID only affected a subset of the population, couldn't mutate into other variants, and a vaccine could be tested, manufactured, and distributed overnight. Computer viruses can be disruptive/destructive, but they're limited and vulnerable in ways that biological viruses are not.