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Are questions about interacting with users on-topic
I was going to ask a question about how to get user buy-in to some security changes I'm making at work. I know what changes I want to make, how, and why, but I am looking for advice on how to show ...
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Tamper data in Chrome question closed
Tamper data Chrome not working Could you please explain to me how a question about an extension, used for tampering data by many of security experts, is not related to a QA site on Information ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for software recommendations?
I'm searching for an Online Password Manager to move all my passwords to, and I'd like to ask to the community their choices and preferences. Is it acceptable to ask for the "top" Password Managers, ...
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"Digital Forensics" — on topic here, or create a separate site?
There is a proposal currently in evaluation to create a new site in the field of digital forensic science: Digital Forensics This appears to be a part of "Information Security" but we don't ...
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Is this question about doing damage on a system ethical and on-topic?
The following question understandably popped up in the Hot Network Questions: I have the ability to run arbitrary Python code on the 'apache' user. What damage can I do? To my surprise, however, it ...
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Are code obfuscation techniques off topic on this site?
In questions like: Obfuscating JavaScript code are treated some aspect of obfuscation of scripting languages, but not the obfuscation techniques for themselves (es. How can I produce obuscated code ?)....
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Code review / Deobfuscation: Why is it considered off-topic here?
I viewed the help center multiple times and, unless I'm missing something, I didn't see anything related to code-review being off-topic, so all this time, I assumed it was allowed here. Let's take ...
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Would (parts of) this question be on-topic at security.se?
Over on Computer Science SE, we have a question about implementing an electronic signature system (signature in the sense of the scribble you put at the end of the letter): How can I implement a ...
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Is this question about allowing SSLv3 on topic?
I was looking at Need to access old forgotten router that only supports SSLv3 and while I am fine with having it on the site, I am wondering if it fits on this site. On the Topic help page it ...
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Should we be more strict about legal questions
Questions like "Is it legal to do X?" or "how to do Y legally ?" are quite frequent on the site and they benefit no one - most of them get closed pretty quickly but still waste everyone's time, ...
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Are question on how to use security hard- / software on-topic?
I have questions on how to use a specific cryptographic device (e.g. a smartcard) in combination with a standard OS (e.g. Windows and other well-known tools). These questions aren't about risk ...
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Is Security.SE only for professionals?
I recently asked a question that made it to "Hot Network Questions" and picked up a huge number of views, upvotes and favorites in a very short time. The moderators put it "On Hold", because the ...
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Are questions about malicious scripts off-topic?
Here is my question: What does this malicious PHP script do? where I've asked about malicious PHP script which I've found on my hacked server and its method of action. In other words what harm it can ...
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Breaking a specific system and How to demonstrate an understanding of concepts involved
I recently noticed that a lot of questions asking for how can I exploit this specific code or filter get closed (but a lot of them also do not get closed) or marked as duplicates of the general topic ...
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Aren't questions about possible vulnerabilities (or undesireable features) of Android on topic?
In the android tag I'm seeing a wide variety of topics: How effective is a feature protecting data Why apps ask for more privileges they need What dangers represent a certain feature What dangers ...
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