Useless Controls

A company seal is a useless control
A company seal aka a useless control. Photo by 戸山 神奈 on Unsplash

Because I was once an auditor, I have an obsession with useless controls. This is where an organisation makes you do something which they think is providing some kind of internal control. However, when you think about it in more depth, you realise it isn’t providing any control at all.

Some examples of useless controls

I had locked myself out of the online portal for an old pension scheme. I rang up and gave my account number. They asked for my full address as a security measure before they reset my account.

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