I also dislike most real-world computing analogies because it encourages the use of mental heuristics that are usually just not that relevant to the situation a

I also dislike most real-world computing analogies because it encourages the use of mental heuristics that are usually just not that relevant to the situation at hand. I remember when there was a big scandal about MBA applicants getting their admissions status by feeding in query strings to the URL, there was a big debate about whether it was like "breaking a lock" or "opening an unlocked door" which doesn't really respect the unique moral reasoning that you need to use to understand the actual situation at hand.