On: Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or...

[adgjlsfhk1]

I think the really big difference with software is that software is much more likely to be used in unexpected ways where vulnerabilities that weren't important at time of original design end up exposed on the internet for exploitation by everyone.

[danparsonson → adgjlsfhk1]

Why does that not apply to router firmware for example? The primary role of a domestic router is to be exposed to the internet.