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by ojno 5070 days ago
Flamebait title -- the answer at the end of the article is "No." :-P
3 comments

Betteridge's Law of Headlines in action!
Does this really need to be brought up every single time a submission has a question in the title?
I think it's worth pointing out when the title is a blatant attempt to get more people to read it. If they'd just said "WPA2 Isn't Broken Due to Defcon Hacking" then a lot less people would click through. I'll give him credit for starting off with "Quick answer: no" though.
I'd say it's warranted in this situation.
I could put the answer in the title, but it would get edited back to OP's title.
Actually, it's the first line of the article.