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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C... by nitrogen on Saturday January 17, 2015 @06:47PM (#8906017)
The US public has a legitimate interest in knowing about NSA's hacking abilities, because vulnerabilities used by the NSA abroad can just as easily be used domestically by foreign or criminal attackers.
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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C... by jallmann on Saturday January 17, 2015 @08:37PM (#8906273)
Against a well-prepared adversary, a vulnerability can only be exploited once -- a zero day. After disclosure, or evidence of an exploit in circulation, such vulnerabilities become useless towards the agency's mandate, whether or not you agree with that mandate. Realpolitik? Definitely.
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