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I read elsewhere on HN - "Well-meaning users will always quickly turn an unusable secure system into a usable insecure system."
by samplatt 1y ago
I read elsewhere on HN - "Well-meaning users will always quickly turn an unusable secure system into a usable insecure system."
- short_sells_poo 1y agoThe corollary is that a perfectly secure system is one which is completely and utterly inaccessible to anyone, including the users.
- mr_toad 1y agoIf the system is unusable some well-meaning user will set up their own system, which is unlikely to be secure.
- FuriouslyAdrift 1y agoHey now, don't knock on batch processing systems.
- freedomben 1y agoI always like this when explaining why the A in the CIA Triad matters: The most secure computer is one powered off, encased in cement, and dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But it's not very useful
- kstrauser 1y ago“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”