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Because I’m saying the threat vector you used to justify it is not an issue for me at all, so it’s a baseless justification for “security”, ergo, theatre.
by throwaway132448 8mo ago
Because I’m saying the threat vector you used to justify it is not an issue for me at all, so it’s a baseless justification for “security”, ergo, theatre.
- fragmede 8mo agoThat's still not theater though. Annoying? Yes, quite! But according to the definition: > Security theater is the practice of implementing security measures that are considered to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it.[1][2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#:~:text=Security%20theater%20is%20the%20practice,or%20nothing%20to%20achieve%20it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#:~:text=Secur... Just because it's annoying to you doesn't make it security theater.
- throwaway132448 8mo ago> while doing little or nothing to achieve it Adding additional security to something that doesn’t need security is basically doing this by definition. It’s adding nothing because nothing was needed. So yes, theatre.