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Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve
Ya man Im a n00b and I dont know anyone in this industry. Like I said - you've made your free world choice - and I still think you're being paranoid.
I can understand your situation and I tihnk it's kinda like this: Let's say there is a huge increase in the number of people getting hit by buses.. let's say from 1 / 100000 street crossings to 1 / 20000. You think "Hey, that's ok, the chances I'll get hit by a bus are still crazy low". Then your best friend gets hit by a bus and you say "Wow, Im never crossing the street again, it's too risky".
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Nope... it is more like you read reports of people getting hit by buses and think maybe they were drunk and staggered out in front of the bus... or maybe they were PUSHED!?!?! The your best friend gets hit by a bus and you find out that the bus company is throwing people under the bus.
Now, *that* is a much more accurate metaphor for the current epass situation. They are throwing people under the bus and as long as they post some bullshit "official statement" about improving telephone support and email response times you people go right along like sheep to the slaughter.
What epass has given you is a Red Herring. They hope that by pointing out that they have improved their customer support system that you will forget that their security is slightly less effective than a high school gym locker long enough for you to put more money in their pockets.
If you use epass in the face of current security issues you are asking for a loss.
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The phrase red herring has a number of specific metaphorical meanings, all sharing a general concept: something being a diversion or distraction from the original objective. These include:
* a type of logical fallacy in which one purports to prove one's point by means of irrelevant arguments (see Ignoratio elenchi).
* in literature, a plot device intended to distract the reader from a more important event in the plot, usually a twist ending. Most often, a red herring takes the form of a character.
* in detective work, mystery fiction, and puzzle-solving, a false clue which leads investigators, readers, or solvers towards an incorrect solution.
* in adventure games, an item or object of no practical use; its purpose may be to frustrate the gamer who tries to find the intended use for it.
* in finance, a red herring is a preliminary prospectus for a debt or equity offering that lists everything except the price and size of the offering.
* in academic examinations, particularly in mathematics and physical sciences, providing information that is useless to solve a given problem.
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