Short 14: Security

# Security A comic in four panels.

Panel 1. A sorcerer is standing in front of the closed main gate of a tall and dark castle. The guard, on the wall of the castle, shouts: Guard: Halt, stranger! Do you have the password? Sorcerer: Yes, it's DarkLord123!

Panel 2. Zoom on the guard, shouting another test: Guard: What about the security code sent to your address? Sorcerer: Oh yes, I have that: 75482.

Panel 3. The guard now hangs a big poster, absurd: there is on it a picture of a horse on a landscape, but it is split into many squares. The laser wand of the sorcerer selects all the squares with horses. Guard: Now, use your magic to show me all the squares with horses. Good.

Panel 4. Shot of the sorcerer, visibly very bored by all these tests, opening his mouth. Guard (off-panel): Finally, prove that you're an adult by closing and opening your mouth. Sorcerer: Really?... * Notes: This comic strip is a critique of the too many security steps in 2025: login/password, 2FA security code, captchas, and adult verification via webcam expression.