“Well-designed security systems fail gracefully.”

—  Bruce Schneier

Airport Security Failure, Schneier, Bruce, 2006-03-14, Schneier on Security, 2022-06-31 https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/03/airport_securit_2.html,
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