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Strongly disagree. Mom and pop businesses get owned all the time and close as a result (see Krebs On Security for cites). The economics of online attacks mean t
by timdierks 10y ago
Strongly disagree. Mom and pop businesses get owned all the time and close as a result (see Krebs On Security for cites). The economics of online attacks mean that even smallish targets are not obscure enough to be safe.
Disclosure: I work on security at Google.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoPeople's Google accounts get owned all the time too. None of this excess security measures Google is talking about helps if you have bad security practices or your password is 123456. Google's security measures here largely are a result of a security problem Google created in the first place. That isn't unusual, mind you. Web design is much the same way. We create new problems via added complexity, then have to solve them. The whole threat model that requires you put custom silicon in your servers just doesn't apply or matter to smaller parties.
- nickik 10y agoYour comment extrem bad. If totally and utterly false that nothing google does helps against bad passwords. Google has some of the best 2Fa system pretty much compared to everybody else. They support TOTP, SMS and U2F.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoYour comment is extremely bad, because we aren't talking about TOTP (an open standard), SMS (an open standard), or U2F (an open standard). This article is about the custom security silicon in Google servers, and Google Cloud employees selling the false concept that this is a must-have for anyone but themselves. This has nothing to do with 2FA, and 2FA, in case you're curious, works everywhere not powered by Google Cloud too. Do not attack people when you do not know the topic of the conversation you are participating in.
- nickik 10y agoYou are really good at trolling.