Unisys and Intel Join Forces on Breakthrough Secure Computing Platform

I love that US companies are still trying to give the allusion that there is such a thing as IT Security.

We now know that there is no way the US government permits any US company to create and sell a security product that does not have a backdoor for them to exploit.

All IT Security hardware and software is pointless now. All it's good for is keeping out total amateurs.

Stimpy88 said:

I love that US companies are still trying to give the allusion that there is such a thing as IT Security.

We now know that there is no way the US government permits any US company to create and sell a security product that does not have a backdoor for them to exploit.

All IT Security hardware and software is pointless now. All it's good for is keeping out total amateurs.

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Yeah this! Firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection systems, access controls, password policies, port- or 802.1x-based network security, and user education are all a huge waste of time. It's a lot cheaper to just not even bother with that stuff. Encrypting laptop drives or your off-site backups has been a huge burden on IT staff and there's literally never been a good reason to do it. Link-based encryption and VPN services are also cumbersome too. Since literally everyone hacks into a system because its so easy and no security countermeasures stop them, we may as well stop freaking out about the whole security thing.

Stimpy88 said:

I love that US companies are still trying to give the allusion that there is such a thing as IT Security.

We now know that there is no way the US government permits any US company to create and sell a security product that does not have a backdoor for them to exploit.

All IT Security hardware and software is pointless now. All it's good for is keeping out total amateurs.

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It's a lot harder to hard backdoors and exploits when the source code is open.

I have to laugh at people who trust closed-source software with their security. What assurance do you have that there isn't a backdoor - their word? What's that worth these days when the government muzzles its collaborators?