tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post915823543048872174..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: about face on bruce schneierkurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-520741235374269912009-07-02T11:33:32.303-04:002009-07-02T11:33:32.303-04:00yup, bruce is a person and all people can be wrong...yup, bruce is a person and all people can be wrong - it's just bruce has a lot of influence even outside his field of expertise (where he's more likely to be wrong).<br /><br />i'm sure at least some non-experts will pick up on this and we'll have to battle against yet another misconception. that's what it all comes down to. this sort of thing creates powerful misconceptions.kurt wismerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-39741425932931171392009-07-02T11:02:14.913-04:002009-07-02T11:02:14.913-04:00Yeah, Bruce may be an expert, but that doesn't...Yeah, Bruce may be an expert, but that doesn't mean everything he says must be gospel...or that he must only speak when he's sure he's right. Sometimes it is the discussion just being brought up that is the most valuable.<br /><br />I don't think I blogged about it, but this is one of the few times I've quickly disagreed with Bruce. I must have posted on pauldotcom and a few other blogs enough that I didn't want to write more on my blog. :)<br /><br />Bruce should be able to make such wrongful discussions sometimes, but what sucks is when every media outlet picks up on it and I start seeing things like, "Security experts question password masking." And then I have to dive into the conversation with my boss/colleagues. Doh. <br /><br />I just hope other non-experts don't pick up on it and we start to see a rash of, say, web apps that cite it as a reason to no longer mask passwords on their logins. I can totally see Twitter trying that just because Bruce brought it up. :\Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357840241031190415noreply@blogger.com