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When I was a kid in the 90s, I would excitedly rant to my dad about what a life-and-death issue cybersecurity was. He said "but the computer only does the accounting, nothing is connected to it - business can continue for a while without it."

Interesting how you can't even get a hamburger without being connected now. I'm not sure if I'm happy about having been right.

Even hospitals outsource some core infrastructure to the cloud. Cut the internet connection and suddenly they're in the 80s.

worse, in the 80s, hospitals would know how to work without internet access.

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