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Re:Cloak and dagger – a new kind of attacks for Android by Jare on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:01PM (#14414379)
> Malicious actors and users will be alerted in equal measure

You have to assume malicious actors will find the vulnerability on their own, if they haven't already. They are already alerted.

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Re:Cloak and dagger – a new kind of attacks for Android by etjossem on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @09:36PM (#14414739)
Absolutely, but widespread disclosure does nothing to stop that from happening, and may actually enable less-sophisticated attackers to do things they weren't capable of before.
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Re:Cloak and dagger – a new kind of attacks for Android by AstralStorm on Thursday May 25, 2017 @09:44AM (#14417212)
Assuming those less sophisticated attackers don't just buy the exploit from more sophisticated ones.
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