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Re:Personal and social information of 1.2B people discovered... by jwandborg on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:39PM (#21611247)
"Defense in depth" sounds, to me, like a phrase to justify multiple layers of imperfect security.

A single layer of cloth might not hold water, adding more layers of cloth may hold water for longer, but it's probably more cost effective to start with the right material.

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Re:Personal and social information of 1.2B people discovered... by peteretep on Friday November 22, 2019 @08:47PM (#21611870)
> "Defense in depth" sounds, to me, like a phrase to justify multiple layers of imperfect security.

That’s absolutely correct! But you seem to be missing the fact that _all_ layers of security are always imperfect.

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