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The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005)
There's lots of innovation going on in security - we're inundated with a steady stream of new stuff and it all sounds like it works just great. Every couple of months I'm invited to a new computer security conference, or I'm asked to write a foreword for a new computer security book. And, thanks to the fact that it's…
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Security & PrivacySystems & Performance2024
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jul 14, 2024 | The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005) by lsb | 267 | 284 |
| Jan 25, 2023 | The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005) by sweenycod | 265 | 198 |
| Jan 2, 2015 | Dumb Ideas in Computer Security (2005) by corv | 114 | 56 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 32 Hacker News comments by 14 different people, from Mar 2008 to Oct 2026.
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- jodrellblank · Oct 28, 2026
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- pdkl95 · Feb 27, 2022
- whydoyoucare · May 26, 2020
- pdkl95 · Mar 17, 2019
