On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:08:01 +0100 "Moritz Maxeiner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday, 10 March 2013 at 13:23:54 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > > > <rant> > > One of the top things that made the internet the great > > thing it is, heck one of the main *reasons* for the internet's > > precursor in the first place, was decentralization. > > ... > > </rant> > > True, but given the choice between security and convenience a lot > of people > (including developers) will choose convenience. I get your > frustration, > but that's just how our species is (although genetic engineering > may change that some day) and unless you can come up with a way > that's > both (reasonably) secure and at least as convenient as the > insecure alternative there will be enough people around to > popularize the insecure methods. > That's just my pessimistic pov, though^^ Yea, I can't say that I disagree. I forget the origin and exact wording, but: "Dancing pigs will win every time."
