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The bad language is for the non-techies | 141 comments | Create New Account
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The bad language is for the non-techies
Authored by: ailuromancy on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 11:52 AM EST

Non-techies may not understand jargon, but there is a chance they might understand their is a problem if you use some bad language. Certificating authorities have demonstrated some spectacular security blunders. Plenty of users click straight through untrusted certificate warnings and type in their banking passwords. With any luck, the bad language will cause enough publicity for a dozen more people the read up and understand keys and certificates.

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Linus Torvalds Suggests How To Handle UEFI Secure Boot Crisis
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 12:41 PM EST
I would ascribe it to a strong "independent/rebel" instinct in most
good engineers.

Ironically, the best way to stop that type of person from doing something is to
be completely unphased by it/encourage it.

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assert dominance
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 28 2013 @ 02:10 PM EST
If their intention is to assert dominance, it would backfire with me. When I
here someone who can't express themselves without lots of swear words, my
initial reaction is, "here's someone's whose judgement I shouldn't
trust".

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