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Comment Re:Better solutions are out there.. (Score 1) 291

by uglyhead69 on Friday August 15, 2008 @08:42AM (#24614053) Attached to: Time Warner Cable Box Rental Inspired Antitrust Lawsuit

Cable companies are required by law to allow you to rent cablecards for use with their service.

The point made in the post below is well taken however that the rental fee, while low, is exorbitant compared to the cost of the cards.

Submission + - Bruce Schneier mulls psychology of security

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bednarz

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @11:37AM

bednarz writes: "Cryptography expert Bruce Schneier says security decisions often are much less rational than one would prefer. He spoke at the RSA conference about the battle that goes on in the brain when responding to security issues. From the article: The primitive portion of the brain, called the amygdala, feels fear and incites a fear-or-flight response, he pointed out. "It's very fast, faster than consciousness. But it can be overridden by higher parts of the brain." The neocortex, which in a mammalian brain is associated with consciousness, is slower but "adaptive and flexible," said Schneier, designed to work toward confronting fear and making decisions to promote security. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020707-rsa-s chneier.html"

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