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Re:Was the iOS SSL Flaw Deliberate? by josu on Thursday February 27, 2014 @09:27AM (#7312302)
>Once again: the only reason this bug got so much attention and press is that it's easy for laypeople to get their heads around. All you have to understand is how "goto" works.

I don't agree. Most people don't even have a basic understanding of coding. I think that it has more to do with the fact that there are about 500 million vulnerable devices out there, and that we are talking about Apple. Remember Antennagate, it wasn't even that big of a deal and look at what the press made of it.

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Re:Was the iOS SSL Flaw Deliberate? by rimantas on Thursday February 27, 2014 @09:49AM (#7312439)
Maybe "laypeople" in this context means "programmers with very basic/naive understanding of crypto and implications".
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Re:Was the iOS SSL Flaw Deliberate? by aidenn0 on Thursday February 27, 2014 @11:56AM (#7313249)
Most people on HN know what a "goto" is. We're talking about attention on the HN front-page after all.

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Also I bet most readers of Schneier's bug know what goto is as well.

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Re:Was the iOS SSL Flaw Deliberate? by josu on Thursday February 27, 2014 @10:59PM (#7317170)
He said laypeople though, not HN readers.
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