[Cryptography] Reproducible results, scientific method, fraud enforcement, etc.

[ianG]

On 8/10/2015 14:32 pm, John Denker wrote:
> James Randi, a respected expert in the art of fooling people,
> famously said "scientists are easier to fool than children".
> That's because they are not accustomed to being lied to.


On that, James Randi makes for some interesting reading including on 
social engineering (the security connection):

http://skepdic.com/projectalpha.html

Another group that is well known to be easy to fool is doctors.  They 
are the number 1 target for boiler room operations, so I hear.



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> We should be infinitely more worried about attacks where
> the perps are beyond the reach of the law.

Hallelujah to that!

iang