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I had a bash with that paper. It is pure and utter tosh - I started with the ... start and swiftly moved to 6. Conclusion.

"Thinking like an attacker is a skill rightly valued among defenders."

and

"Attacking as a business must identify targets, and this is easy only if we believe that attackers have solved a problem that has vexed multiple communities for decades."

Bollocks!



How so? For me the point of the paper is the elimination of the ones who will not fall for such a scam in the first place. The title of the paper says it all.

Are we talking about the same thing?


Bash = tried Tosh = nonsense Bollocks = also nonsense


Fair enough man. I didn't write the paper no need to hate on me sir.


(Parent’s helpfully defining the Britishisms for HN readers)


As a British person I find this to be very very British.


I like them, I just didn't understand them and figured I'd educate the crowd so we can all join in and call things tosh. Posh = fancy, tosh = bad.


Don't forget to check out: "bosh", "cosh", "dosh", "gosh", "josh", "mosh", and "nosh" too! ;)


Sorry were they Englishisms or something, almost clarified I didn’t know!




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