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by ohyeshedid 3346 days ago
It often takes more thought and effort to do things properly. This seems like another service that treats the symptoms of a problem rather than the problem itself. That kind of solution encourages careless behaviour, because someone will come behind me and clean it up. Encouraging best practices is a better investment.

>(also as a 2nd security layer)

Except when it's not.[1] That means it gives careless folks a false sense of security, which I think conveys more risk than no security at all.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14157870