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Many people who download illegally would never dream of stealing from a store. Many people who may steal data would never dream of breaking in and physically d
by theboss 13y ago
Many people who download illegally would never dream of stealing from a store.
Many people who may steal data would never dream of breaking in and physically doing it.
It is much easier to steal 1s and 0s than it is to physically do it. Humans seem to take the path of least resistance. If they can do it, they will do it. And if they won't do it on their own network then a bad guy from Latvia or somewhere who knows how to send phishing emails will.
Due to the mystery about who is truly on your network combined with the ease of breaking bad security, you have to protect yourself fully. Banks don't have lax security just because people 'shouldn't' rob banks.
Sorry blogger guy....your argument just doesn't hold water
edit: I want to add the reason your house is insecure is because we can't protect it with math. If you wanted a perfectly secure house....you would end up sinking billions into it and end up with a military base. Locks are flawed, Windows are flawed, but they are good enough so that when there is a security breach you will be aware of it and can hopefully remedy the situation or fight back.
- xj9 13y agoMany people who download illegally would never dream of stealing from a store. Copyright infringement and theft are two entirely different things.
- theboss 13y agoSo is breaking into someones house to steal papers and passive eavesdropping. But the results are the same. You still end up with data you didn't have before
- bcaulf 13y agothe reason your house is insecure is because we can't protect it with math Exactly! If physical security were like crypto, we could all afford to have the security of a head of state. People who want high security rely on effective specific countermeasures, not just law enforcement generally. Law enforcement helps your security but it is not the whole answer. Strong crypto is an amazing thing, allowing anyone to achieve privacy that cannot be broken by eavesdropping. That is true today the same as it was before the latest NSA news broke. With such a tool available, it is crazy not to use it. The cost and difficulty are small and the protection is robust against any eavesdropper, not just the US gov't.