Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/22/07 01:53

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman 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.
>>> Everything else either works, or it doesn't.
>>> If obscurity keeps the bad guys away - it's REAL security.
>>>
>>
>> But obscurity doesn't keep bad guys away. That's the false assumption.
>>
>>> It's painfully common for Republican folks like Jerry here to tell
>>> people who are perfectly safe that they are not.
>>>
>>
>> I'm telling people obscurity is NOT safe.
>>
>> You're telling them that obscurity IS safe.
>>
>> Who's telling people they are perfectly safe when they're not, Sanders?
>>
>>
>>
> I'm telling you nothing is safe. So make sure that nothing is what they
> fie when they go lookinmg.
>

A determined search will always find something.

> A door with a big fuckoff lock on it is an inviation to have a crack..
>

Actually, it's less of an invitation than a small lock. Burglars aren't
looking for challenges. They're looking for goods.

> If you were a secret intelligence agency, where would you put your
> headquarters - in the biggest skyscraper in new york? or above Mr Ho's
> chinese laundry in Des Moines?
>

Right where it is - in a compound in McLean, Va. (CIA) or a secure
building in Greenbelt, MD (NSA).

> I know where I would put it.
>

You've been watching too many Man From U.N.C.L.E. reruns.

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