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tatersolid10/01/20241 replyview on HN

From a security standpoint the opposite is true: false negatives are to be avoided at all costs, even when that posture increases false positives. There’s always a trade-off.


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eviks10/02/2024

Or there isn't and such level of competence just increases the chances of both types of negatives: there is no good reason to think that people who can't see the obvious in cases like this one will catch hidden vulnerabilities