Tyler Alterman on the hacking panic: more Y2K than COVID, use 1Password and update software
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-31
Tyler Alterman shared the take he gave a worried friend about the ongoing hacking swarm panic.
- Messy information environment: lots of hacking activity with unclear motives; some countries urge emergency prep while US news is quiet
- His read: closer to Y2K — which was averted by roughly a trillion dollars of effort — than a COVID-level shock; security people he sees are treating it as a life calling
- Practical advice: learn 1Password, keep all software updated; expect major disruption (he cites Binance suffering the biggest robbery in history) but is mildly optimistic for the next year
- Deeper advice: root value in things that can't be hacked, like close relationships and networks of mutual support
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