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vidarhyesterday at 1:25 PM1 replyview on HN

Just like that, in that that separation is internally enforced, by peoples interpretation and understanding, rather than externally enforced in ways that makes it impossible for you to, e.g. believe the e-mail from an unknown address that claims to be from your boss, or be talked into bypassing rules for a customer that is very convincing.


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codebjeyesterday at 1:30 PM

Being fooled into thinking data is instruction isn't the same as being unable to distinguish them in the first place, and being coerced or convinced to bypass rules that are still known to be rules I think remains uniquely human.

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