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1. reactordev · 1790109412 · focus · HN ↗

   There’s a scene in Battlestar Galactica (2004) where someone asks Captain Adama why the Galactica doesn’t have networked computers. So the cylons can’t hack the ship…

   1. jshier · 1790111808 · focus · HN ↗

      Which was always pretty stupid. At best it means the Cylons can't hack the whole ship, just whichever part they exploited to gain access remotely in the first place. But really the Cylons would've needed exploits for each individual system anyway, since simply connecting them with wires shouldn't just do that. And unless those other systems are completely air gapped with no wireless or other access, it would be trivial for them to still gain remote access, or have one of their infiltrators provide a local connection of some kind. AFAIR that was never a plot point, which was odd.

      1. reverius42 · 1790112514 · focus · HN ↗

         > whichever part they exploited to gain access remotely

         I think you missed the point of "no networking", you have to actually physically sit in front of the computer. There is no remote access.

         1. iJohnDoe · 1790133974 · focus · HN ↗

            I didn’t follow the whole thread. Just want to point out that over the last 10 years hacking air-gapped systems has been a primary objective. Hard drive clicks, keyboard clicks, CPU squeaks, speaker-to-speaker. Exactly what advanced adversarial AI would be specifically good at.

            1. mordae · 1790148655 · focus · HN ↗

               All those require cooperating machines and are at best very slow data exfiltration mechanisms.

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