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"Digital Forensics" — on topic here, or create a separate site?

I would definitely say there is an overlap in terms of what is on topic. I've even found some similar questions on our site : How to identify the presence of rootkits from an image of Linux memory? ->...
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Code review / Deobfuscation: Why is it considered off-topic here?

The problem is that the code is highly specific to that one iteration of that code. There will be very limited usefulness or applicability for anyone else. In the past, I've transferred or referred ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for software recommendations?

No, this is specifically not allowed in the FAQ. Your proposed question is also highly opinion-based. There is a software recommendations stack. Be sure to read their question guidelines. You can't ...
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Code review / Deobfuscation: Why is it considered off-topic here?

Far as I can tell, there are plenty of good reasons to permit these questions: They're objective and on-topic by the current criteria. SE is intended to be the place to go to answers to objective, on-...
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Tamper data in Chrome question closed

Could you please explain me... how a question about an extension, used for tampering data by many of security experts, is not related to a QA site on Information Security. If that question has to ...
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Is this question about allowing SSLv3 on topic?

From my perspective, the question is off-topic. It is actually more of a SuperUser-type question, as the answers indicate that the solution is found in a browser config. So, I can see your confusion. ...
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Would (parts of) this question be on-topic at security.se?

The question is about turning high-level security requirements into a concrete workflow. That's a pretty typical type of question for Security.SE. Although the study of security protocols is on-topic ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for software recommendations?

As @schroeder says, this is not allowed and is opinion-based. However, what you can do instead is ask for criteria that should be considered when choosing such a product, and how to compare. For ...
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Is this question about allowing SSLv3 on topic?

As you surmise, the question is off-topic. It isn't about designing or analyzing a security policy. It isn't even about configuring a tool to implement a security policy, which is strictly speaking ...
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar
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Is this question about doing damage on a system ethical and on-topic?

I think the question is on topic, ethical and useful. If you find a vulnerability on your system you need to do these things: Make a decision if you should take down the app immediately. Figure out ...
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Are code obfuscation techniques off topic on this site?

Depending on the details of the question, I'd say that the techniques for how to code something falls under a "programming" question and not a security question. Questions dealing with the impact or ...
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Code review / Deobfuscation: Why is it considered off-topic here?

It should be noted that "code review" is definitely on topic here, whereas "review THIS code" is not - these are different things. When I said that code review is ontopic here, I mean that the ...
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Code review / Deobfuscation: Why is it considered off-topic here?

If you feel like explaining de-obfuscation techniques, please go ahead and post a canonical Q&A, for example "How to analyze obfuscated PHP code?" Answering a particular question is bad for two ...
Dmitry Grigoryev's user avatar
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Are questions about interacting with users on-topic

From the description, it can be on-topic but the concern will be if it is too opinion-based. Post it and let's see.
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Breaking a specific system and How to demonstrate an understanding of concepts involved

IMHO its rubbish, there are three problems here, the first is that there is a large number of users that don't recognize that offensive skills are useful for defense, the closing of offensive ...
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