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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:06PM (#40444052)
> Look at it from an IT security perspective: it's great that most users are acting in good faith and are not trying to exploit your system, but you still need to plan for the worst and make sure your system can survive hostile encounters.

I think this is exactly the opposite of the right perspective for law and ethics. Society runs on trust, the more trust the better. ITSec runs best on zero trust. Applying the latter to the former lead to absurdities like "code is law" "smart" contracts.

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