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0 pointsperl4ever6y ago0 comments

"The internet brings a much bigger attack surface than local people who can reach a front door"

"Local people", huh. My front door is visible to everyone on the internet, and I have no practical way to prevent that. Some obscure company went by with their mapping vehicle and...

Now, some people do live in big buildings where less is exposed to the outside, but millions don't.

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jodrellblank6y ago· 1 in thread

> and...

and... what? Unless telekinesis has been invented, a photo of your door doesn't increase the amount of people who are able to try opening your door. If you're about to say "someone might choose to come a long way just for my door" then that seems like an argument in favour of what I'm saying - in that case, wouldn't you like to know about any vulnerabilities your door has which you could address, before they arrived, instead of relying on silence and hoping they won't know about them?

perl4everOP6y ago

I'm not really arguing in favor of doing anything in particular; I was just pointing out that people rely on "security by obscurity" in day to day life, despite the fact that everything is connected to the internet. Perhaps there are some subtleties in exactly what "obscurity" is.

I'm saying the ideas I read about how the world is don't seem to be connected to my view of reality. I don't have to argue with your conclusions to find fault with your premises, and I'm feeling too lazy to do it right now.

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