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[โ€“] macgregor@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't see how star fleet allowed Data to remain onboard after that one. Being in the tech industry I often feel the Federation's infosec is lacking in often trivial ways (unless the episode calls for better security of course ๐Ÿ™‚), but maybe they have just accepted that sort of thing as the cost of doing space business since it happens all the time. So Data's benefits out weigh his risk.

[โ€“] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If all the TV shows are in the same universe, I wonder how they allowed Data to join at all after the debacle that was Control.

But that was super double secret, so nobody can ever know or talk about it. Hence why they didn't question a whole slave race of androids

[โ€“] Izzy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can't recall if this episode was before or after they had a trial to determine whether Data was new life. It seems like accepting he is too much of a security risk would suggest that he is more machine than intelligent life. Perhaps those things aren't mutually exclusive though. A human could be compromised in various ways as well, but not completely against their will.

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