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Does allowing a user to know their own authorized capabilities decrease security?
In a system with a complex set of computed authorizations, does conveniently allowing a given user access to view all of their own authorizations decrease security?
In a "Policy as Code" system ...
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Does mixing in keystrokes of Backspace, Arrows and Delete add any security to password typing?
It is well known that the analysis of the keyboard sound can reveal/hint at what keys were pressed when a password is typed.
One could mix in wrong characters (not belonging to the password) with ...
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Database table name prefixes and security by obscurity
One of the most common pieces of advice with respect to securing WordPress, Magento, and other widely-used pieces of software is to add a prefix to database table names or change the default prefix. ...
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