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> Another way is if it has recently joined a botnet orchestrated from a geopolitical adversary of the United States after one of your junior programmers decided to install warez because the six figure annual salary was too little to fund their video game habit.

Fictional statements like this make me reluctant to read further, and ignore source of such "news" in the future.



It's obviously fictional, but let's call it contemporary drama based on a true story. I thought the point was well made. The author already noted this was a handwaving segment.


I got in trouble for something like this early in my career (running bittorrent over my work vpn).


what makes you think it was fictional?

also, bragging about your inability to read text seems an odd way to interact.


Bragging? Reluctant==unable?




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