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Re:Apple Support Allowed Hacker Access to Reporter's iCloud ... by hexagonal on Sunday August 05, 2012 @02:42PM (#4342200)
"Humans are the security hole that can never be patched."

Social engineering will always work.

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Re:Apple Support Allowed Hacker Access to Reporter's iCloud ... by ansgri on Sunday August 05, 2012 @03:46PM (#4342412)
There was an article about HFT recently [0] that mentioned a case where social influence is of small importance: the game is played beyond human capabilities even when really needed.

[0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4339531

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