false sense of security
noun phrase
: a feeling of being safer than one really is
The gun gave him a false sense of security.
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By infecting legitimate websites, in this instance users would be lulled into a false sense of security initially, but the redirect to a fake web store is when alarm bells should start to ring.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the coming age of novel microbes, focusing attention on a small list of special pathogens and toxins, such as the Ebola virus, anthrax, and botulinum, offers a false sense of security.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Studies have shown protection can last three months or longer.
Dr. Ofer Levy, the director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, warned against a false sense of security among those who become infected during the summer surge.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
That, as a consequence, provided a false sense of security among the IDF brass regarding the situation along Israel’s border with Gaza.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the coming age of novel microbes, focusing attention on a small list of special pathogens and toxins, such as the Ebola virus, anthrax, and botulinum, offers a false sense of security.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Studies have shown protection can last three months or longer.
Dr. Ofer Levy, the director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, warned against a false sense of security among those who become infected during the summer surge.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
That, as a consequence, provided a false sense of security among the IDF brass regarding the situation along Israel’s border with Gaza.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
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