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Re:All Major Browsers Fall at Pwn2Own Day Two by tptacek on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:25PM (#9239101)
The exploits that take down hardened browsers take months to develop. The time limits and race dynamics are theater.
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Re:All Major Browsers Fall at Pwn2Own Day Two by hnnewguy on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:57PM (#9239368)
>"The time limits and race dynamics are theater."

That makes more sense. Otherwise, this is movie-script-like hacking ability.

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Re:All Major Browsers Fall at Pwn2Own Day Two by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Friday March 20, 2015 @05:45PM (#9240863)
"I just need to break the encryption......ok...it's done."
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Re:All Major Browsers Fall at Pwn2Own Day Two by smackfu on Friday March 20, 2015 @02:31PM (#9239678)
It makes a bit more sense in the original context of the contest, where you were doing the attack on the actual hardware you would win. So time limits were so that everyone got a shot, and a race since there was no prize after someone won it.
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