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Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w
by doctor_eval 7y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headline...
- thiagomgd 7y agoAs always, it works (the law, not the SMS 2FA)
- spurgu 7y agoNot sure why you're getting downvoted, I hadn't heard of this before and found it quite amusing as well as somewhat relevant to the topic, although a blanket statement providing not much value. My vote would just be not to vote (neutral). There is certainly more (in)appropriate stuff to downvote.
- jetzzz 7y agoThe key part here is to only post this comment under headlines for which the answer in "no".
- doctor_eval 7y agoWhat I normally do is remember the law, and generally I don’t click through headlines which are questions. But this one felt more like it would be something a little deeper. So then I clicked through - and the page fills up with the word “no”. So I feel pretty duped.
- doctor_eval 7y agoI’m surprised I was downvoted too. Honestly I think the headline is attention grabbing. A much more useful headline would have been “An analysis of the vulnerabilities of 2FA over SMS”. But the Betteridge headline is in the domain name!