Disagree. "Jihadis" are a made-up threat. Prob. of affecting a random person's (esp. American) life is essentialy zero.
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Replying to @RichFelker @thegrugq
OTOH bugs in consumer facing devices WILL have harsh consequences: domestic violence, stalking, ransomware, financial harm, etc.
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Replying to @RichFelker @thegrugq
that's a good point, 0day is a much more common ransomware vector than users opening a file called "invoice.exe"
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Replying to @curtiswallen @thegrugq
Hasn't there been ransomware delivered by (already known, not 0day) Flash exploits, sandbox escapes, etc.?
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Replying to @curtiswallen @thegrugq
So no I don't think someone is likely to burn a 0day on ransomware. However...
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Reporting and fixing these vulns has multiple effects that benefit users' security.
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Things like prompting researchers to find other bugs in the same sw, informing users the sw is buggy, etc.
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Public awareness like "Cisco appliances are crap" is really most valuable information to come out public disclosures
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they're crap cause they have bugs? Please point me to the non-crap hacker proof network appliances.
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They're crap because they're less secure than a trivial openvpn setup & a lot more expensive.
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