The Biggest Cloud Providers Are Botnets

Julie188 writes "Google is made up of 500,000 systems, 1 million CPUs and 1,500 gigabits per second (Gbps) of bandwidth, according to cloud service provider Neustar. Amazon comes in second with 160,000 systems, 320,000 CPUs and 400 Gbps of bandwidth, while Rackspace offers 65,000 systems, 130,000 CPUs and 300 Gbps. But these clouds are dwarfed by the likes of the really big cloud services, otherwise known as botnets. Conficker controls 6.4 million computer systems in 230 countries, with more than 18 million CPUs and 28 terabits per second of bandwidth."

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Re:Could be put to good use

[flappinbooger]

I could foresee that happening on a national level some day.

When you get your computer with windows 12 on it you automatically are a part of the ISA Net. ISA Net is the Information Safety Administration Network, and it is a vast command and control network providing constant real-time analysis of your computer for security purposes. Constant registry and system file monitoring. Once a threat is found on one if the ISA Net computers the signature is instantly propagated throughout the network, instantly squashing any attempt at subterfuge.

Failure to "participate" in the ISA Net is an immediate red flag that you are a terrorist at worst, a non-patriot at best, and re-education will be mandated - at your own expense. Obviously, "non-compliant" operating systems like the archaic and cobbled together linux will be forbidden, as they are a threat to national security and are only used by "information terrorists".