[Cialug] Courier V.everythying modem

[Zachary Kotlarek]

On Feb 22, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> I think it comes to a matter of trust. Some people feel like they can trust multi-part forms. In some cases, the illusion of security is as important as real security. Like those dummy blinking lights you can buy for your car that makes people think you have an alarm.


If the purpose of the carbon copy forms is to convince the car dealer that they can't pull off a fraudulent copy, then I'd agree -- like the blinking light it might provide some deterrence (though like the blinking light, not very much against a knowledgable attacker).

But if the intent it to make consumers (or the state) feel safer then the fake-security is worse than no security because it will cause an unjustified increase in trust.

	Zach

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