• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    10 days ago

    It’s kinda like locking your door by putting a wedge in the crack. Probably, no one is going to try to open your door anyways, and probably, even if they did no one is going to take 5 seconds to examine the door and figure it out

    But if someone does, it’s laughably easy to figure it out

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      10 days ago

      Except this is internet and pretty much anybody on the planet could test the security of your doors.

      I like the analogy but I think it doesn’t really apply when it comes to devices that are connected to the internet.

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        9 days ago

        I think their analogy is still good. Just add “…and your door opens onto Times Square.”

        That doesn’t quite get the full scope, but it does imply the danger pretty well. Plus, if you add in “…Times Square of robots, and the robots are all thieves, and your most expensive possession is visibly sitting right inside, and…” it starts to get pretty unwieldy.