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Diligence (infosec.pub)

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 21 points 1 month ago

You ask a bunch of questions about a task in order to convince the client that the task doesn't need to be done at all.

I ask a bunch of questions because I've forgotten half the answers already and am trying to make enough stick that I can make something close enough they don't notice my attention is wandering while they blather.

We are not the same.