Posted by Gary L. Burnore on 10/21/07 19:56

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:42:40 GMT, "Sanders Kaufman"
<bucky@kaufman.net> wrote:

>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:HZqdnWi_EtW0DobanZ2dnUVZ_vfinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>>>> Nope. Security by obscurity is no security at all.
>>>>
>>> Oh, indeed it is.
>>
>> Not at all. It is false security.
>
>The only total security is to unplug the damned thing.

So if you can't have total security, simply obscure it and leave it
unlocked?

>Everything else either works, or it doesn't.
>If obscurity keeps the bad guys away - it's REAL security.

Except obscurity keeps no one away.
>
>It's painfully common for Republican folks like Jerry here to tell people
>who are perfectly safe that they are not.

Says someone who claims obsuring something is security.
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