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87% of Canada's biggest companies depend on US tech (proton.me)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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[+] -7 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Some of the software dependence can be easily remedied. You could use AI to improve open source software, and establish an Ai generated hacker that scan software code before it is posted at places like github.. This could solve some issues concerning many open source software. It is the safety and lack of traceable legal accountability that make some not use these software. Now it can be remedied, at least in part, by improving safety through automated Ai scans of the code. The hardware dependence is the real problem, and that is very complicated.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    There once was a business with a problem.

    "I know," the CEO said. "I'll force my employees to use AI to solve the problem."

    Now the business has four quintillion, three hundred and nine quadrillion, two hundred and thirty-three trillion, eight hundred and two billion, three hundred and twenty-one million, three hundred and eighty thousand, one hundred and ninety-eight problems.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Just to be clear, you're equally likely to successfully sue a random github user than to sue Microsoft for a security vulnerability.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    It cannot replace any absent legal entity, that is true, but it can lower the risk for end users and increase quality of distributed software. (to Auli, I thought replied to me, I am sorry.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    WTF are you talking about? Open source does not make it less secure. What hardware dependence Windows runs on anything doesn't seem to be a problem as it is the most popular OS.

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