@ggreenwald I have no issues with Tails, but they work on a shoestring. Meanwhile other privacy projects like Truecrypt have gone away.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
@ggreenwald OTR and GnuPG need to be completely re-designed and re-written. I'll stop now.8 replies 9 retweets 11 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green@ggreenwald GnuPG codebase is a depressingly ancient C codebase. Never audited, AFAIK. Sad, for such a crucial tool.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jgarzik@matthew_d_green@ggreenwald dont knock C code. critical point is KISS. C++ has plenty of enough rope to outsmart yourself with.2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green@jgarzik yes. its programming discipline & focus on security more than language, tho some are worse. qmail was written in C1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green@adam3us Indeed. Having worked on Linux kernel C for 15 years and written a C compiler, have a good sense for where C fails1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jgarzik
@matthew_d_green@adam3us Takes an enormous amount of work to make a C codebase safe for all inputs, secure, and not crashing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@matthew_d_green@adam3us Tools such as Coverity had to be invented to get our C up to snuff.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@jgarzik @matthew_d_green @adam3us band aids on a profusely bleeding wound
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