Car seatbelts (Was: Re: HTTP is just fine -- v. HTTP is insecure --> need a better metaphor)

On 11/25/15 2:51 PM, Chris Hofmann wrote:
> Exactly.  Just as it would be inappropriate for an alarm in my car to go
> off if I pull out of the driveway without my seatbelt attaached

I should note that most modern cars have exactly such an alarm: they 
start beeping at you if the car goes over some (fairly low) speed and 
the driver's seat belt is not buckled.

It's a fairly effective UI affordance to get people who simply forgot to 
buckle to do so, though of course it won't deter an obstinate 
non-buckler (who will just buckle the belt behind his or her back).

> and an
> alarm tried to communcate "you don't have your seatbelt attached, your're
> going crash and kill yourself"

It doesn't do that, though.  It just beeps annoyingly.  ;)

All of this is clearly veering slightly off topic, of course.

-Boris