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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by ajxs on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:12PM (#27888748)
> 20 years ago I discovered antivirus software did not detect spyware by design...

Can you provide evidence to back up this statement? I'm not disputing your claim outright, I'd just like to see your evidence.

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by neatze on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:13PM (#27889115)
Obviously FOSS software is bug less and totally secure by "design" ...
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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by i0nutzb on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:49PM (#27889591)
Every single time I read about how safe and secure FOSS is, I think about this small issue: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issue...

Yes, I know it's a decade old, but it's a great example of „open source is better/safer/whatever”.

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by neatze on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:06PM (#27889688)
what about this one[1] (no idea why I even remembered this one);

[1] https://securiteam.com/unixfocus/5hp0s1p75e/

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by amatecha on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:06AM (#27889959)
haha wow, that's a rough one!
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