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September 27, 2023

SREN : vive opposition et amendement Mozilla sur la table

La vigilance est de mise, rappelle la Fondation. Ses experts juridiques s’attendent à ce que ces deux votes décisifs aient lieu en octobre. L’opposition en France doit servir d’exemple, prévient Mozilla.

Three lessons from a man who averted nuclear war by not trusting a computer

On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision to not trust a computer. The early warning system at command center Serpukhov-15, loudly alerting of a nuclear attack from the United States, was of course modern and up-to-date. Stanislav Petrov was in charge, working his second shift in place of a colleague who was ill. Many officers facing the same situation would have called their superiors to alert them of the need for a counter-attack. Especially as fellow officers were shouting at him to retaliate quickly before it was too late. Petrov did not succumb.