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Community Comments To Security Absurdity Article

Posted by kdawson on from the boiling-frogs dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Earlier this year Noam Eppel's Security Absurdity article generated much debate in the Information Security community (covered on Slashdot at the time). He claimed that we are currently witnessing a 'profound failure' in security. Now the author has posted a follow-up highlighting some of the community comments prompted by the article, titled 'Feedback to Security Absurdity Article — the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.'"

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  1. Don't worry! by stoneycoder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows Vista will solve every security problem imaginable, flawlessly. Eliminating the need for IT security professionals and their absurdities, entirely.

  2. Randomly Generated Title? by skywire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try to guess which one is a Slashdot headline:

    "Alteration Frequents From Space-Age Poetry Bannister"
    "From Tabletop Mannered Asterisk Will Age Understood"
    "Community Comments To Security Absurdity Article"
    "Likely Georgetown Under Wisely Instantiation If"

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    Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.