Toby Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] >> > Isn't that like saying that the goal of airport security is to ensure >> > that noone can board without showing ID. >> > >> > No it's not. The goal of airport security is to ensure that noone can >> > board who is deemed unsafe to allow to fly. >> >> Right. But Bitfrost is not about airport security. > > No but airport security demonstrates that intelligent people can fall > victim to thinking they're providing security when what they're really > providing is security theatre. > > The dialog/notification that Ivan cited above is an example of security > theatre.
The phrase "security theater" has taken the role of a throwaway pejorative by overcasual use. Please justify your arguments from first principles. - FChE _______________________________________________ Security mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/security
