Bank refuses to discuss security system
No class. Once again bankers who are shameless enough to publicly advocate for "Security by Obscurity". How can one possibly go down this wrong path? Preventing public discussion does nothing to help security, since those who exploit security vulnerabilities don't participate in public discussion anyway, but instead rip people off in the dark. Public discussion, on the other hand, helps security, because through it security vulnerabilities are exposed on the one hand, but on the other hand the blind trust of people in alleged security is also reduced. We need public discussions of security vulnerabilities more urgently than ever, the more computer systems determine our everyday lives!
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