Questions tagged [closed-questions]
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My question was labeled Off-Topic. Why?
I have a question about my Information Security Stack Exchange post: How can I go about reporting a data breach in my private network without compromising my personal/private network data
I don't ...
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Why is the question about suddent large traffic on a GitHub repo off-topic?
Question on question: What would be the reasons for a GitHub repo suddenly get cloned by a huge amount of times in a short period of time?
The question is closed as off-topic. From What topics can I ...
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How to reword to make it on topic?
This question got closed for being "off topic". The Help Center specifically says "security tools" are in scope. I don't understand why asking about how to use a tool is out of ...
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Question closed for being off-topic
My question was closed for being off topic. The reason stated by the moderator was that "This is not a security issue. This is pure TCP/IP".
I feel it is reasonable to consider my question ...
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Can we re-open this?
Can we act on this question?
The question basically asks how to set up a firewall on Linux that blocks non VPN connections.
Would a rewording of the question be useful in order to re-open it?
Can we ...
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Why was my question closed and where can I ask it?
Is dnyuz.com a Russian or Eastern European hacksite masquerading as a news site?
It was quickly closed with the blurb "Unfortunately, we can't analyse the site for you or do a reputational deep dive."...
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Why is this question off-topic?
I recently posted this question: How do recovery tools like Cellebrite work and can they recover data from phones which utilize Full Disk Encryption?
Quite simply, I read through the Help Center and ...
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How could I post an answer to a on hold question?
I have found this question (How would even more internet regulation hinder terrorism?). I first wonder whether it was on topic here, saw that it has been migrated and decided to write an answer (if it ...
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A question I asked that was closed as speculative / "primarily opinion based" has since definitely become non-speculative. What should I do?
In March of this year, Canonical and Microsoft announced that the then-next update to Windows 10 (the one we now know as the "Anniversary Edition" that dropped in July) would contain Ubuntu on Windows,...
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Too quick on close-hammer'ing
Question: https://security.stackexchange.com/q/121611/61443
@schroeder close-hammered this question as "unclear what you're asking" within 20 minutes of it being posted.
Sure, it's not a great ...
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Marked as duplicate by Community♦ bot?
I know well the Community bot for putting random unanswered questions to the front page from time to time. A few time ago, I discovered an uncommon role of the bot putting it as the author of a ...
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Why isn't this question closed as too broad?
I'm sorry for finger pointing, but this is the architype of a bad question showing no research whatsoever. Why isn't it closed as too broad?
I just can't resist:
list=`read "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Should this question remain closed: "How to communicate a positive feeling about ethical hacking to non technical people?"
A few days ago there was a question posted by a pupil encountering some issues due to his security hobby being wrongly perceived by his school administration.
While I easily acknowledge that the ...
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Why was “At what point can you you implement crypto algorithms?” migrated to Crypto.SE?
Why was https://security.stackexchange.com/q/88834/at-what-point-can-you-you-implement-crypto-algorithms migrated to Cryptography Stack Exchange?
From my perspective as a Security.SE user, this ...
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What's wrong with this question looking for an exploit?
Is there an exploit for python hash collision?
Is it really unclear? I mean, there is a link to vulnerability description and a question IS THERE AN EXPLOIT FOR THIS????????!. How is it possible one ...
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