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by Alec Muffett

Via @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange a novel idea: maybe it’s about time we started talking honestly about what had to be done to combat Y2K to diffuse the disinformation about it

Smart idea:

The hardest part about refuting Y2K disinfo is how many problems were fixed quietly, in part to mitigate risk of ligitation (negligence, etc.). People have stories they can’t tell.

At this point, I think enough years have passed that a formal amnesty – to encourage companies to disclose just how bad some of the problems were – would be in our historical best interest.

https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/111687949273686247
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5 responses to “Via @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange a novel idea: maybe it’s about time we started talking honestly about what had to be done to combat Y2K to diffuse the disinformation about it”

  1. Simon B Temple

    @alecm and persuade people to start thinking about 2038!

    1. alecm

      Exactly.

      Reply
  2. lproven

    @alecm @tychotithonus Are there really Y2K denialists now? I mean, I know there are all manner of anti-science idiots, so it should not surprise me — but it does.

    I did a lot of Y2K prevention work. It was a real thing but sometimes the work-arounds were not very onerous.

    1. lproven

      @ben @alecm @tychotithonus Sure, yes, that’s the view I mainly see.

      What I am asking about are other interpretations, I suppose.

      1. Royce Williams

        @lproven

        The problem is in the communication flow. The people who didn’t experience it directly misinterpret upstream “it wasn’t as bad as it could have been” opinions as “it wasn’t a problem in the first place”.

        @ben @alecm

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