Paul Graham on Twitter: "Do intelligence agencies merely rely on zero days they discover, or do they plant people to create them too?"

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1. Ed Elliott‏ @EdDebug 20 Aug 2016
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  I don't think they really need to plant people, the software industry is managing it just fine!
  
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1. Andrey Fedorov‏ @anfedorov 20 Aug 2016
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  depend on the agency
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1. Martin Vindahl Olsen‏ @mvindahl 20 Aug 2016
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  the WWND*) rule might provide an answer. *) What Would Nixon Do?
  
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1. John Terry‏ @jpterry 20 Aug 2016
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  Yes!
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1. Stefanos‏ @titanas 20 Aug 2016
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  Heartbleed is the answer. Not 0 day. Planted to not be discovered maybe?
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1. akshithg.xyz‏ @akshith_g 20 Aug 2016
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  sit there and wait for a zero day? Nope, don't think they are that patient.
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1. K‏ @rehack20 20 Aug 2016
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  This thought occurred to me few days back, why wouldn't they try to plant employees in top 4 firms (GAAF)? Why wouldn't they succeed?
  
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1. 𝓕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓‏ @mfrager 20 Aug 2016
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  I always suspected Linus was a spy. Now I find out Theo de Raadt is too! What a day...
  
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1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 20 Aug 2016
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  I'm sure they do occasionally plant people to create vulnerabilities, but only rarely; most of the time they don't have to.
  
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1. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」 ‏ @CTZN5 20 Aug 2016
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  JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」 Retweeted Paul Graham
  
  yeah as a couple in the thread have said, both, see BULLRUN for example @paulghttps://twitter.com/paulg/status/766902123703341058 …
  
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  Paul GrahamVerified account @paulg
  
  Do intelligence agencies merely rely on zero days they discover, or do they plant people to create them too?
  
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