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Re:Patch Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability in Microsoft W... by thfuran on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:54PM (#22048600)
You don't see how a lack of critical vulnerabilities is software infrastructure is of benefit to citizens?
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Re:Patch Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability in Microsoft W... by diffeomorphism on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:19PM (#22049354)
No, I don't see how this is part of foreign intelligence/surveillance/espionage work. It is good that these vulnerabilities are fixed, of course. But shouldn't that be at least a separate partially independent branch of the NSA? Otherwise you get a large conflict of interest.
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