On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM Michael Thomas via NANOG < nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
On 7/3/25 5:33 PM, Alex Buie via NANOG wrote:
"the more you try to outsource critical thinking to a machine that cannot critically think, the more and more you will get duped by scammers"
SPF/DKIM/DMARC are all automated ways to try and outsource truthiness checks to machines. they make people feel comfortable with their result. so much so they stop actually using their brains to protect themselves.
So by all means, let's get rid of TLS as well. ::eyeroll::
Mike
I'm not saying to get rid of any of these things. I'm just saying expecting them to replace user training in critical thinking is foolish, and overall, the point Rich made makes sense. If you tell people "as long as you check these things you can trust it" they are way more likely to believe something unbelievable if it has all those "you can trust me" flags.