Submission + - Should Security be optional
An anonymous reader writes: Interesting story on how web 2.0 vendors fail to understand security:
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Why does security always have to be optional?
It certainly creates additional revenue in the short term. But what about the long term, things like brand image, loss of customer confidence. Imagine a customer account gets compromised and confidential customer records get exposed. Not the kind of information you want to lose. And trust me, at one point someone will ask "What software did they use?".
http://hackreport.net/2007/03/29/should-security-b e-optional/
Excerpt:
Why does security always have to be optional?
It certainly creates additional revenue in the short term. But what about the long term, things like brand image, loss of customer confidence. Imagine a customer account gets compromised and confidential customer records get exposed. Not the kind of information you want to lose. And trust me, at one point someone will ask "What software did they use?".
http://hackreport.net/2007/03/29/should-security-