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2) Our fixation on perfect security is actually based on a<br>
misunderstanding of how societies work and can flourish. Keep in mind<br>
that in many areas, the physical world is probably much better off<br>
specifically because we're quite willing to rely on trust and casual,<br>
imperfect deterrence, and no on perfect security. I actually fancy<br>
that thought, if you recall ;-)<br>
<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>This reminded me about a bit that came up in a recent discussion on security data sharing: why banks would share that a branch was robbed, but not that a bank was hacked? </div>
<div>Parallel to this, when a bank branch gets robbed, few people say "OMG, they had such bad physical security", while if they get hacked, everybody says that...</div><div><br></div><div>What is so special about physical world? Or, maybe there is something special about the digital world?</div>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Dr. Anton Chuvakin<br>Site: <a href="http://www.chuvakin.org" target="_blank">http://www.chuvakin.org</a><br>Twitter: @anton_chuvakin<br>Work: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuvakin" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/chuvakin</a><br>