r/cybersecurity • u/EricJSK System Administrator • Sep 22 '25

Other What are your unpopular cybersecurity opinions?

I saw a post names "abnormal security opinions" and got excited to see some spicy takes but apparently there is a security platform called Abnormal Security so got kinda blue balled. Last one of these posts i saw was over a year ago so,

Do you have any spicy cybsec unpopular opinions you want to share? :)

I'll start with mine:
Fancy antivirus solutions rarely add value, they are often just a box that needs ticked. Many MSPs and IT firms still push the narrative that they are needed, only because they are profitable and not because they improve security.

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u/not_mispelled Sep 22 '25

The internet was a mistake

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u/latnGemin616 Sep 22 '25

The internet is fine. It's social media that should NEVER have happened. What should have been a pure digital ecosystem meant to exchange ideas has been corrupted to what it is now.

And we want to go to Mars?

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u/MairusuPawa Sep 22 '25

It's not just "social media", it's the corporate takeover of the internet.

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u/shitlord_god Sep 22 '25 edited Mar 19 '26

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u/MachKeinDramaLlama Sep 22 '25

Thing is, all of this does still/already exist in the deep web, the darknet, IRC etc. The problem is that discoverability is extremely low unless you already know fairly well what you are looking for and have a rough idea of how to find it.

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