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This is the worst of all possible worlds
- Subject: This is the worst of all possible worlds
- From: skquinn at rushpost.com (Shawn K. Quinn)
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:56:00 -0600
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On 02/13/2018 06:27 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
> Nothing can be said that is new. Only the actions taken.
>
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/18/atm_purchase/
>
>>Â Four out of five cash machines still run Win XP or Win XP Embedded.
And the remaining one out of five probably still runs Windows
"something-else".
Is there really a reason that an ATM needs to run anything resembling a
full-fledged computer operating system? How about something designed,
from the ground up, to be as secure as a well-designed ATM should be?
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