this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

An interesting read. The advocated actions have many similarities with the guild system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I think we'd have fewer security problems if we had a tech guild. It would keep unqualified people from becoming sysadmins, for one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. -Adam Smith

If you think Guilds would solve security problems instead of just propping up security theater, I've got a bridge to sell you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like locksmiths who have produced locks with the same flawed design for six millennia now, and instead of fixing it, they're still keeping the act and even went after whistleblowers before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"How did you get in here?"

"I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith. The unstated part of this joke is that us locksmiths make locks super easy to crack, we just don't share the details with everybody."

A lock is just a suggestion. A determined thief will find a way beyond it.

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