TIL: “security by antiquity” from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers Presumably a reference to (or a subset of) "security through obscurity". Best rationalization for old-tech-hoarding I have seen in a long time. Probably worth a longer cybersecurity post or a few. Like how to source (obtain), repair, maintain, and integrate with (or isolate from!) modern systems, or somewhere in between like local-only secure data transfers between such systems, perhaps gapped a la sneakernet. Glossary: security through obscurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity sneakernet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet #security #securityByAntiquity #oldTech #cyberSecurity #Blaugust #Blaugust2026

TIL: “security by antiquity” from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers

Presumably a reference to (or a subset of) "security through obscurity".

Best rationalization for old-tech-hoarding I have seen in a long time.

Probably worth a longer cybersecurity post or a few. Like how to source (obtain), repair, maintain, and integrate with (or isolate from!) modern systems, or somewhere in between like local-only secure data transfers between such systems, perhaps gapped a la sneakernet.

Glossary:

security through obscurity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
sneakernet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

#security #securityByAntiquity #oldTech #cyberSecurity
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026