So I'm reading @adamshostack's book "Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars" and I came across this paragraph.

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Today's many voice-controlled devices have no accounts or authentication. When they do, it's likely they'll be set up to be forgiving to reduce frustration. It won't be like the movie Sneakers where much effort was required to tape (!) Robert Redford saying, "My voice is my password; verify me."

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This movie is too good to let this pair of errors go unaddressed.

1) It was not Robert Redford's character being taped saying that line. It was the character of Dr. Werner Brandes

2) His voice was definitely not his password. It was his...

WTF?

https://rollcall.com/2024/07/23/house-spending-bill-would-clip-ftcs-reach-in-mgm-cyber-probe/

No matter how many times in my career, after however many years... any time I make a mistake and break prod, I beat myself up about it.

I constantly tell young engineers that it happens to everyone, and not to beat yourself up. And yet, I still do it.