Comment human beings are the security issue (Score 1) 163
Technology is just papering over the basic truism that the humans are the weakness in any security system.
It is in their very nature to be inquisitive about the unknown, hiding secrets is intrinsically difficult for humans, given their social behavior. The human mind is not a secure vault, it can be tricked or forced or otherwise convinced to reveal its secrets in a wide variety of ways.
All of the technology for secrecy is moot when people simply open up and communicate directly with each other.
For example the government spends unknown gazillions protecting secret information and a single person can unravel large portions of it by simply standing in front of a microphone and speaking some words.