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The quote is about 'privacy' and your user story is about 'speed' - these are different criteria and 'privacy' is much harder to specify in a user story.


That's what I get for reading too quickly :)

I focused on performance because that's one example I've had brought up several times. And it's probably the easiest one.

I've seen privacy stories too. The style I like is to create a malicious user and deny them.

    As a Malicious User
    I want to steal credit card numbers
    So that I can sell them on the black market

    Given I have access to the web app
    When I supply malformed URLs
    I am ignored

    A/C
    Pentest tool with decent corpus
Another approach, also used, is exploratory testing. Security and privacy are tricky because you're dealing with humans who can react creatively; so the best test is humans who react creatively.




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