aka Mind uploading viewed from the sysadmin side aka why you do not want to be uploaded

Let's imagine we somehow find the way to upload ourselves, whatever that might be, to the net or a local computer

• frustrating to talk to "non-transhumanist" friends who dismiss the idea entirely without first taking the time to ponder about how it might work and why it would be good
• frustrating to talk to "transhumanist" friends who believe in the idea without first questioning what can go wrong and see it as the panacea
• hack and get hacked, a costly arm-race that goes beyond any substrate
  • Projetautonomieenergetique?action=diff#diff1325526379 and problem of interfaces
  • Seedea:Research/Drive
• uniqueness required for trust
  • problematic for backups
• encryption still requires keys
• knowing that a significant share of our body mass is bacteria
  • are most our CPU cycles hijacked by malicious software?
    • will it increase over time to reach the same ratio?

See also

• TeleXLR8-01#LiveMigration
• WithoutNotesJanuary12#TheScienceOfInsecurity
• Snort and other Wikipedia:Intrusion detection system (IDS)

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