Re: Quote of the Day: Bruce Schneier (Again)

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 5/31/07, security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:
> :
> : >how is that a good quote?
> : >
> : >all he does (lately) is state the blindingly obvious.
> :
> : If you think that it is blindly obvious -- good for you.
> :
> : I would argue that it is NOT blindly obvious to 99.9% of the consumer
> : population (see all evidence on successes of phishing, et al.)
> :
> : You definitely underestimate the value of what you might think of as
> : "common wisdom".
>
> For argument's sake, would you say that 99.9% of the consumer population
> reads his articles? =)
>
> I'd hazard a guess that a significant amount of his readers are security
> folks or IT folks that are a little more versed in security practices than
> the consumer population.

I would have to give two points to Jericho there: dont talk down to
your core audience, unless you are a motivational speaker or Jenny
Craig..

-JP
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