snake oil

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A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea
Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality
A type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain
communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive
An extremely bad cryptographic product See the Snake Oil FAQ
Bogus cryptography See the Snake Oil FAQ or this paper by Schneier
(medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
Derogatory term applied to a product whose developers describe it with misleading, inconsistent, or incorrect technical statements [18]
liquid that is sold as a cure-all medication by traveling salesman (usually as a scam); deception, trickery, fraud (Slang)
Derogatory term applied to a product whose developers describe it with misleading, inconsistent, or incorrect technical statements
snake oil
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