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Re:The NSA called me after midnight and requested my source ... by vl on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:30PM (#22939024)
Whatever they used source code for, it just a shortcut - they could do the same thing by just disassembling and binary patching (like all hackers and agencies do all the time). Basically they would never do it and risk exposure if they didn’t want to get result extremely fast.
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Re:The NSA called me after midnight and requested my source ... by dx034 on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:28AM (#22965234)
Maybe they had the opportunity to get someone to use their patched software but only had a day or so to create a fake copy. In that case the source could would be very valuable.
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