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1. thebestsophist (thebestsophist@scholar.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 19:52:31 UTC thebestsophist

   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@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 22:27:48 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
     • 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.