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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by throwawaymanbot on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:54PM (#14647613)
@willlstrafach, Nothing you have said convinces me the commentator you are replying to is wrong. Especially since an NSL would prevent ANYONE who detected anything from speaking about it. Updates that tweak code to introduce vulnerabilities, is not something thats science fiction.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by willstrafach on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:58PM (#14647642)
> Especially since an NSL would prevent ANYONE who detected anything from speaking about it

Forced malicious updates would indeed be a reasonable concern if this was somehow actually the case. It is not, though, and I am not sure how that would even work. Are you saying that when it is detected, the government would somehow become aware of the detection and threaten the finder with an NSL before they could tell anyone?

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by throwawaymanbot on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:09PM (#14655962)
Just because YOU cant figure out how it works, does not mean its not possible my friend. But I will say, that when you have a backdoor, and suddenly that backdoor stop providing intel/data/whatever, its usually a good indicator.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by willstrafach on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:45PM (#14657582)
I do not know what you mean by this. Again, my point was that any backdoor is highly unlikely to stay hidden.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by throwawaymanbot on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:39PM (#14665793)
I point out yet again, to the Yahoo Email debacle. Google it please.
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