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Like I said before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=334294 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=334294 "For the 30 seconds that it will take to break this.
by newt0311 18y ago
Like I said before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=334294 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=334294
"For the 30 seconds that it will take to break this. This measure is not so much Orwellian as it is idiotic and a waste of time. Its sole purpose is to put up a PR stunt and that politicians can get away with using $128 million of taxpayer cash for this is unacceptable."
Nice to see somebody blowing the whistle.
- gstar 18y agoMaybe its just more security theatre. And lobbyists (isn't the front-running vendor a .NZ company?)
- ajkirwin 18y agoI dare you to name one piece of security, be it physical or virtual, since say.. 1990, that hasn't been theatre.
- Retric 18y agoAdding reinforced doors to airplane cockpits. It becomes significantly harder to hijack an airplane so it's not just for show. Security theater can be useful. EX: Add fake video camera's in plain sight at a bank and hide the real ones. People act like they are being watched and feel their money is safer but it's harder to disable the camera's. The value in security is often to prevent people from trying to attack / break in, or to make harder / take longer to do so, or to make people feel safer. While security theater only does 2 out of 3 it's not quite useless.
- hugh 18y agoEngine immobilizers in cars. Stats from wikipedia: "Immobilisers are fitted to around 45% of all cars in Australia, but account for only 7% of those cars that are stolen."
- michaelneale 18y agoIts the vendors that scare me. They smell blood (money) and will be constantly whispering in the governments ear - they will (unfortunately) appear as "experts" to the government.
- Prrometheus 18y agoIt's the tip of the iceberg, really. Once there is a shortage of clear-headed people willing to stand up to "for the children" measures, all sorts of idiotic laws will be passed by the bucket full.