Timeline for How does data stop itself being deleted?
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| Aug 14, 2019 at 23:48 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | It comes down to the blurry line between data and programs. At the end of the day, the latter is just a subset of the former. In fiction, and (under the right conditions and with help) occasionally in reality, the line can be crossed. However, I will say that this storyline kind of rubbed me the wrong way as well because it seemed a bit hinky. | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 17:03 | comment | added | MissouriSpartan | So basically, the "data" removed all privileges to remove it from other users and had a trigger on it to cancel out any threatening executables against it........this exists today. It's called a virus. | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 13:49 | comment | added | user | Clearly their Norton Antivirus subscription expired. | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 11:50 | history | answered | Chronocidal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |