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Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer by holowoodman on Thursday April 30, 2026 @04:31PM (#47967835)
Exploits are sold and used as weapons, sometimes even weapons of war. Which in many places is criminal, except under very restrictive circumstances.

Also, all kinds of aiding and abetting.

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Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer by akerl_ on Thursday April 30, 2026 @05:10PM (#47968274)
What does that have to do with this comment thread?

Copying from the comment I was replying to:

> But publishing a working exploit together with the disclosure before patches are available is really really irresponsible, maybe even criminal

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