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Security quote of the week

[Posted September 22, 2010 by jake]

  1. Users want to click on things.
  2. Code wants to be wrong.
  3. Services want to be on.
  4. Security features can be used to harm.
-- Bruce Schneier's "Four Irrefutable Security Laws" (paraphrased from a presentation by Malcolm Harkins)
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Security quote of the week

Posted Sep 23, 2010 18:31 UTC (Thu) by tack (subscriber, #12542) [Link]

Shouldn't it rather say 'Malcolm Harkins' "Four Irrefutable Security Laws" (paraphrased by Bruce Schneier)'?

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