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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by idiotsecant on Thursday August 25, 2022 @03:10PM (#32598520)
Are you suggesting the CIA has ways to exfiltrate data from Oracle databases assisted by Oracle but without knowledge or consent of the user? That would be a pretty big deal.

If not, what are you saying?

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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by pigeons on Thursday August 25, 2022 @03:54PM (#32599155)
Have you ever looked at the history of Oracle security flaws, as well as their reluctance to improve it? A public resource for this is David Litchfield.
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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by LargoLasskhyfv on Thursday August 25, 2022 @04:00PM (#32599235)
Not OP. Just saying:

[X] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by astrange on Thursday August 25, 2022 @06:05PM (#32600532)
Why would you need data to be in a specific brand of database before you can send legal process for it?
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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by LargoLasskhyfv on Thursday August 25, 2022 @06:09PM (#32600566)
You wouldn't. It just simplifies 'things', from a technical and operational POV.
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Re:Oracle started as a CIA project (2014) by idiotsecant on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:52PM (#32609903)
In what way does it simplify 'things'?
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