On Mit, 2007-10-24 at 17:35 -0700, Ray Lee wrote:
[....]
> Key-based masterlocks are easily broken with freon, and their combo
> locks are easily brute-forced in about ten minutes. Yet, I'll still
> use them to lock up my bike and garage.
The question is what the security threat is and the value of the secured
items.
> The idea that poor security is worse than no security is fallacious,
> and not backed up by common experience.
The common experience is, that common people just *feel* safer (just
because they have poor security).
With no security, they know that there is no security. With poor
security, they do not know (or can deny) that they have next to no real
security.
The prime example here is the usual (so-called) "personal firewall" on
Windows where people work normally as "administrator".
Bernd
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