Re:After 7 Months, Glasswing Overwelms Maintainers with Unde...
by flanz_10 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:42PM
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> The point stands, independent of pedantic terminology corrections
the "pedantic" difference is between something being exploited and not being exploited
> Assume the original message said "exploits" in place of "vulnerabilities".
if the original message said something else, then it would mean something else.
The correction is valid. It would be better if people used the right term. It's ok to correct. But it would be better if it were in addition to discussion of the actual point, not instead of it.
(And the phrase "catastrophic vulnerabilities" is pretty obviously talking about exploits anyway.)