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1. thebestsophist (thebestsophist)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 15:52:31 EDT thebestsophist

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   Folks who say “it’s your fault if you get hacked because you’re still on XP” have absolutely no understanding of how complicated infrastructure can be or structural inequality.

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   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 18:27:48 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • kat
     WinXP is popular for embedded systems. It's likely the manufacturer of your hospital's X-Ray machine hasn't been updating the OS, but doctors still need to access the images across the network. So, it's susceptible to the #WannaCry ransomware. And the X-Ray machine is proprietary hardware, so there's no chance of upgrading to !FreeSoftware OS.
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