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The difference is that the intent of malware is to disrupt.

Is gasoline useless just because it explodes when you light a match next to it?

edit to add: OSS is not inherently more secure than closed source.



Gasoline is very useful. We also take a lot of precautions when using it.

We also have things like inspections and financial penalties if you were storing it in an unsafe manner.

It's clear we need to take more precautions before using Crowdstrike. More testing, ability by IT departments to not push updates, ability to rollback updates.




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