The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005) 2 years ago
It's not about security, it's about control. Modified systems can be used for nefarious purposes, like blocking ads. And Google wouldn't like that.
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True security can only come from understanding how your system works. Otherwise, you're just inventing a religion, and doing everything on faith. "We're fine, we update our dependencies." Except you have no idea what's in those dependencies, or how they work. This is, apparently, a controversial opinion now.
This comment pops up every time someone talks about social security numbers. Yes, they were never supposed to be private, but now they are. So either Congress can do something about it, or big companies can stop leaking them. Clever "well, actually"s didn't stop my identity from being stolen recently after a breach, and they never will.
And why didn't they do anything when we WERE angry?