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SCOUT· 69%1h 27m·2023-05-29·Science238 | Scott Shapiro on the Technology and Philosophy of Hacking
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 238
Modern computers are somewhat more secure against being hacked - either by an inanimate virus or a human interloper - than they used to be. But as our lives are increasingly intertwined with computers, the dangers that hacking poses are enormously greater. Why don't we just build unhackable computers? Scott Shapiro,…
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