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Poor security is worse than no security. At least the latter doesn't give you any false assurances.

• pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  >Poor security is worse than no security. // Not sure on this. Mostly the security on houses only has to put people off a little, it doesn't need to actually be effective at keeping people out, it only has to do enough to stop a random passer-by. So don't keep your wallet open on the front porch and you're probably a million-times less likely to be stolen from. That said I think if the author meant to echo this idiom he should have just said that. The way the FAQ put it sounded like "we really should have security here and I'm embarrassed about it enough to claim that it's what everyone else does to try and diffuse any suggestion it's a deficiency" rather than "we don't have security by choice". Perhaps I'm just being over-critical of the one thing I noticed that was not quite right.