Java Zen:Thinking Out Loud Thursday, 2024.03.28
Security systems fail in one of two ways. They can fail to stop the bad guy, and
they can mistakenly stop the good guy. The TSA likes to measure its success by
looking at the forbidden items they have prevented from being carried onto
aircraft, but that's wrong. Every time the TSA takes a pocketknife from an
innocent person, that's a security failure. It's a false alarm. The system has
prevented access where no prevention was required. This, coupled with the
widespread belief that the bad guys will find a way around the system,
demonstrates what a colossal waste of money it is.

		Bruce Schneier

2001.09.12

From The More-Tears-Than-The-Oceans-Can-Hold Department

Does one really have to fret
About enlightenment?
No matter what road I travel,
I’m going home.
– Shinsho
Tear

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