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Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by edgyquant on Saturday February 28, 2026 @08:41AM (#47195264)
There are already companies that exist to audit the security of codebases programmatically so this will just be part of the flow
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Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by rsynnott on Sunday March 01, 2026 @06:52AM (#47205908)
Spoiler: they're basically snake oil. Or at least they are grossly insufficient.
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Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by edgyquant on Sunday March 01, 2026 @09:32AM (#47207048)
For now they are insufficient, I wouldn’t call them snake oil they solve a real problem with real solutions and will only become more accurate
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Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by t_mahmood on Sunday March 01, 2026 @07:05PM (#47212220)
Who's going to verify it's accurate?
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