> In one of Sean Carroll's AMA's, he once said something along the lines of "entropy favors the attacker over the defender."

Eh, kinda. The defenders have the advantage of playing on the home turf. They know their infrastructure, can have sensors and traps everywhere. The bad guys are stumbling in the dark. They have no idea what's real and what's a honeypot, what signals you're watching, etc.

The problem is that almost no one takes this advantage seriously. If you're not paying attention to your infra, yeah, you're gonna get owned.

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vincnetas 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah but you know there trade offs like free society, freedom of movement, privacy and stuff that you need to sacrifice to take advantage of home turf. And you need to do this everywhere. Attacker can pick his targets on his own schedule, you need to defend always.

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consumer451 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It just goes to show how pro-peace and stability humans are in general. It's so easy to cause death and destruction, and we most often do not choose to do that. While maybe peak_local_max_asshole = true, we have certainly been progressing in that direction, haven't we?

	▲	vincnetas an hour ago \| parent [-]
		or... you take advantage of the imbalance and atack first :) /j

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cindyllm 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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