[HN Gopher] To update blobs or not to update blobs
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       To update blobs or not to update blobs
        
       Author : trelane
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2026-03-03 13:08 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | LaSombra wrote:
       | I think this comes from this Mastodon thread,
       | https://snac.lx.oliva.nom.br/lxo/p/1771789687.181567
        
         | awesome_dude wrote:
         | After reading that thread I immediately though - Why is there
         | always that guy yelling "But the extreme case doesn't hold,
         | therefore it's invalid"
         | 
         | They just come off as an uninformed troll - the truth is it is
         | very rare in life that any single thing meets the perfect
         | solution.
         | 
         | The best anyone can do is make an effort to move toward that
         | goal whilst we look for better solutions AND we move away from
         | solutions that are definitely not working in the direction of
         | better solutions.
         | 
         | In this case, we know for a fact that obscurity is a weaker and
         | worse solution to open and honest security postures (for the
         | most part), and the fact that we have the /opportunity/ to
         | inspect things is infinitely better than not having that choice
         | at all.
        
           | tyteddffc wrote:
           | Which of the two are you referring to
        
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