Perhaps some of the precautions that Mark Burnett uses may come out of the ability to think how systems can be hacked, cracked, and whacked. I know from my own experience that my ability to think offensively contributes to my thinking defensively.

The tricky part with thinking like this is that it can scare some people who see that process and mistake for latent criminal tendencies. Some call it the "secret sin" component of virtues where one might emphasize certain qualities because one is aware of wayward potentials.

But if somebody is going to think like an info attacker, it's better an info warrior who's on defense.

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