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Comment by sokoloff

5 years ago

And Formula 1 cars don’t have keys...

The analogy to Formula 1 isn't apt either. It can be the wheel, the engine or the steer. But it's no way a whole "car".

  • A better analogy is a screwdriver. He made a screwdriver. Screwdrivers have millions of legitimate and essential uses. How would you build anything without one? But a criminal could also use the screwdriver to open stuff he's not supposed to. Blaming the screwdriver manufacturer for that is pointless.

  • There’s an automobile analogy for everything in computing (but woe to those who use the wrong one).