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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 10:44:10 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   • rdonoghue

   @rdonoghue it's pretty close to the idea of being hoisted with your own petard. Generally a petard is an offensive device, but the concept abstracted is pretty close to what you're after.

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     rdonoghue (rdonoghue@dice.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 10:44:11 JST rdonoghue

     Is there a word for the situation where a security precaution becomes a threat vector? On my mind because of the volume of scams that work because caller id is easily spoofed - people might be more skeptical if there weren’t a trusted gatekeeper giving them false information.

     Makes me think of the Everway card, Drowning in Armor, but I’m sure there must be an actual phrase for it.