(Alex is the security executive at Facebook) https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/891551232405274625 …
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Said it before, the problem with mythologizing super-hackers is putting focus on the wrong weak link. Facebook is very secure. People aren't
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Anyone who can subvert Facebook's security team is getting a huge bounty and career accolades, not selling hacker tricks outside Walmart.
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By proselytizing the insecurity of everything, you make people feel powerless, even though people in fact hold almost all the power.
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If you are telling people that everything is terrible in security, ask yourself why. It feels good, doesn't it? To enrapture attention?
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It's cool to be a nihilist. It's also really easy. You don't even need solutions. But you can sure sell them.
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Yes, corporate networks are nightmares. But the zero-trust model of the web isn't. It largely works. That's something that's being built on.
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SwiftOnSecurity Retweeted Robert M. Lee
"Hackers can crash the power grid." I mean, that's pretty easy. Right? Or is it? Here's an actual ICS expert.https://twitter.com/robertmlee/status/891317030279708672 …
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Robert talks about how, when he says things aren't as bad as people say, some people get angry. There is emotional investment in doom.
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this is a big challenge in training journalists and NGOs. Many think that security is hopeless/unachievable by mortals
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I've encountered too many people saying "Well if [Big Corporation] can get hacked than there is no hope for me, so why bother?"
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