On 2020-08-31, Mayayana  wrote:

> Java was being phased out.

That's because M$ tried to add proprietary extensions
to it - in violation of their licensing agreement with
Sun - and they got caught at it.

> If you get attacked online it will almost certainly be
> because you enabled script and/or enabled remote access
> functions so you could call your thermostat to tell it
> you're on your way home.

Remember those science fiction stories where you could do
stuff like that?  Back then it worked because it was assumed
that smart houses would be independent entities (with suitable
access controls), rather than slaves of the Cloud.

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