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Re:Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosur... by saghm on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:30AM (#14940051)
> Imagine that you got a letter from a stranger, telling you that the locks on your upstairs windows didn't work properly. How confident are you that you'd take it as a helpful suggestion, rather than being completely creeped out by this menacing weirdo?

If I were really creeped out, I'd be even more likely to spend effort making sure the locks on my windows are secure, as now I know there's a menacing weirdo looking at them, so I'd want to be extra sure he couldn't get it.

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Re:Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosur... by timv on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:00AM (#14941354)
I know there's a menacing weirdo looking at them, so I'd want to be extra sure he couldn't get it.

Now, imagine that the menacing weirdo had included a return address on his letter. Would you report him to the police? If he got locked up, then that would be one way to make extra sure he couldn't get in.

And then the problem is solved, do you don't even need to fix the locks...

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Re:Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosur... by saghm on Sunday August 06, 2017 @03:45PM (#14943065)
This is where the analogy breaks down; if my metaphorical windows were on the open internet, I wouldn't feel at all secure after locking up one single weirdo.
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Re:Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosur... by theandrewbailey on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:22AM (#14947634)
Why would you feel insecure if that were the case? Is it because of your technical understanding? People who lack it wouldn't feel that way.
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Re:Kids Pass Just Reminded Us How Hard Responsible Disclosur... by saghm on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:36PM (#14948825)
> Why would you feel insecure if that were the case?

Because there are multiple weirdos/criminals in the world, and protecting my stuff is worth it to me.

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