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I mean, if your threat model is such that you need to consider kidnapping and being hit with a wrench, as opposed to just a drive by breach, then you should in fact account for that appropriately.

Come on, this is hacker news.

Some of our skulls are so thick you’d need at least a $10 wrench

A simple rubber hose would do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

Are you aiming for perfect or have you stopped at good enough?

Also known as the "So you think you can escape the FBI [/CIA/FSB]?" fallacy.

The xkcd author did a disservice to online security with that comic.

You can be forced to disclose your secrets but you will know they were compromised, that's encryption doing its job.

There's a world of difference in knowing.

Same in the world of lock picking.

I can smash your door in, or simply break a window. The difference is you’ll definitely know I did it. But unless you in the routine of checking your lock pins for scratchmarks, you probably wouldn’t know if someone picked the locks.