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Re:Defcon Lockpickers Open Card-And-Code Government Locks In... by aero142 on Sunday August 07, 2011 @09:09PM (#2858333)
My takeaway is that nothing is secure that you can't understand simply. Complexity is almost always insecure.
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Re:Defcon Lockpickers Open Card-And-Code Government Locks In... by knowtheory on Monday August 08, 2011 @01:46AM (#2858962)
Well, it's like jwz's old sig:

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.

In the case of these locks, the problem with increased complexity, is that now you have to manage complexity, and deal with the low tech physical intrusion methods.

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