Chandler over at Not Bad for a Cubicle learned that it is a cold, cruel world today, where risk is everywhere. It almost brings a tear to my eye.
Of course, he must be pulling our legs a bit. I mean, you don’t have to watch too much television to sort of get the point about fallibility of locks…
Btw, this type of "disclosure" increases the collective risk to the world simply by making more potential attackers aware of it. Note that we have had the vulnerability portion of this risk forever (essentially) so the only change is in that knowledge distribution. But there is good news – at least this risk is constrained by physical proximity.
Anyway, I am sorry that my friend Chandler feels so violated. I may even buy him a CD to make him feel better. And after this post, I am sure I will owe him a beer 
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Yes, you’re definitely buying next time around after this one
. But I’m really more of a Reel Big Fish fan, if you’re already thinking about Christmas.
And why didn’t the trackback from my real response show up?
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