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Comment author: thomblake 25 August 2010 04:20:42PM 0 points [-]

It seems, if anything, slightly more likely that a virus might destroy the world - not that the chances of that happening are very high either.

I'd never compared the likelihood of those two events before; is this comparison discussed anywhere prominent?

Comment author: timtyler 25 August 2010 04:43:59PM *  1 point [-]

I don't know. Looking at the current IT scene, viruses, trojans and malware are probably the most prominent source of damage.

Bugs which are harmful are often the ones that allow viruses and malware to be produced.

We kind-of know how to avoid most harmful bugs. But either nobody cares enough to bother - or else the NSA likes people to be using insecure computers.

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