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by userbinator 1963 days ago
Claims of improved security are used as an ultimate, unbeatable-by-definition, trump card.

Having an authoritarian tone seems to be a prerequisite for being in the security industry. Unfortunately.

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Many users care much more about working software than they do secure software until suddenly they have a major live exploit on their stuff. This causes many people in the security world to get very tired of the whiplash cycle of "No we don't want to fix this issue it's probably minor" until "Oh my god, why didn't you fix this it caused us millions of dollars in losses" hits.

Especially in the security hardware world, getting customers to upgrade is like pulling teeth.