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by Marc Handelman on August 28, 2024

via the comic & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://xkcd.com/2977/

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