Ken Landaiche writes
I have seen that any system a human can devise, another human can eventually break.
False. Most cryptographic algorithms these days are secure. Windows NT is secure.
This leads me to believe that eventually we will have to begin acting on our honor,
Walking through a security hole on a computer is not necessarily dishonorable, though many dishonorable things can be done once you are through that hole.
and provide severe consequences for dishonorable behavior.
If "we" provide "sever consequences" then we are not relying on honor, but on coercion. I
haven't finished working out what "honor" means in this social context.
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