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This is just lazy. A string of bits that only need to be accessed behind closed doors isn't like any of those other things. What's more, that secret room can be

This is just lazy. A string of bits that only need to be accessed behind closed doors isn't like any of those other things. What's more, that secret room can be secured arbitrarily well.

AnthonyMouse 9y ago
Most of those other things are a string of bits that only needs to be accessed behind closed doors. And it's not like a smallpox lab is open to the public either. You can devise a defense against any attack you can think of, but for a trillion dollar prize someone will find an attack you didn't think of. And that's the problem. You can say the words "secured arbitrarily well" but in practice you've created a room with the keys to the world in it and your first indication that your security was insufficient is an incalculable catastrophe. It's like creating a button that gives anyone who presses it three wishes but destroys North America. "Don't worry, we'll put some guards around it" doesn't cut it. Some things need to just not exist.