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Why "Designed For Security" Is a Dubious Designation
itwbennett writes The list of products designed to be security enhanced that turned out to be anything but seems to get longer by the day. In just the latest instance, reported by Wired last week, the crowd-funded privacy-enhancing home router Anonabox had to be recalled after an independent researcher discovered serious security flaws in the product. But security experts caution that the real problem may be bigger than vulnerabilities hidden in application code: "Designed for security products don't just have to be good. They have to be beyond reproach," explains John Dickson, a Principal at the Denim Group. "All it takes is one guy with a grudge to undo you."
OpenBSD proves the claim to be wrong.