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Security
This book is not the one you should read to understand either cryptography or computer security built on top of cryptographic primitives. Of course, in a very general way, it’s a mistake to wire money to fraudulent entities phishing under various get-rich-quick or tug-on-heartstrings pretenses. However, that’s life advice that might touch on using computers, not Python advice.
What the mistakes in this chapter discuss are simply approaches to security concerns that I have frequently seen Python developers do badly. Often this reflects a misunderstanding of some very general security concepts. At other times an unawareness of the appropriate modules and functions to use (standard library or third-party) is evidenced.
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