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Snake oil salespeople may use "technobabble" to sell their product since cryptography is a complicated subject. [2] "Unbreakable" Claims of a system or cryptographic method being "unbreakable" are always false (or true under some limited set of conditions), and are generally considered a sure sign of snake oil. [1] "Military grade"
Clark Stanley's Snake Oil. Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1]
U.S. President Joe Biden, Governor of California Gavin Newsom and other officials attend a panel on Artificial Intelligence, in San Francisco, California, U.S., June 20, 2023.
Clifford Paul "Cliff" Stoll (born June 4, 1950) is an American astronomer, author and teacher.. He is best known for his investigation in 1986, while working as a system administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, that led to the capture of hacker Markus Hess, [3] and for Stoll's subsequent book The Cuckoo's Egg, in which he details the investigation.
Others, though, are “Snake Oil Salesmen” whose products are fake. (So for you fellow Boomers out there, it’s kind of a bit The Liar’s Club, a li
Snake oil is a fraudulent marketing allusion to the selling of fake medicines. Snake oil may refer to: Snake oil (cryptography), a fraudulent cryptographic method; Snake oil method for generating functions; Snakeoil, a 2012 album by Tim Berne; Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil, a 2020 album by Thomas Wesley
In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ Survivor dominated Wednesday in both total viewers and in the coveted and delicious 18-49 demo. CBS | Survivor drew 4.9 million viewers and a 0.8 rating per ...
Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway is a 1995 book written by Clifford Stoll where he discusses his ambivalence regarding the future of how the internet will be used. He wrote the book at a time when he felt the promise of the internet was being over-hyped: "I'm mainly speaking to people who feel mystically lured to ...