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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C... by nitrogen on Sunday January 18, 2015 @03:16AM (#8907009)
What is the "active deterrent" analogy in computer security that makes it worth leaving vast numbers of civilian computer systems vulnerable to stockpiled 0-days, engineered backdoors, and weaknesses surreptitiously introduced into standards?
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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C... by anigbrowl on Sunday January 18, 2015 @03:42AM (#8907057)
Bombs under your neighbor's porches, according to this sister comment - more seriously, the offensive capabilities outlined in the original article. I think both of you are taking an over-literal reading of my comment despite the qualification therein.
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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C... by anigbrowl on Sunday January 18, 2015 @03:41AM (#8907054)
Bombs under your neighbor's porches, according to this sister comment - more seriously, the offensive capabilities outlined in the original article. I think both of you are taking an over-literal reading of my comment.
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