Define "big country". Varies widely from place to place. Varies from 5 to perhaps a hundred or so. I don't think you can even ...
How many people would a big country's intelligence services employ just finding 0-days? 1000? How many would each find a year?
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... find 1000 really good code auditors, globally.
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Most western countries buy them I believe (cheaper). Cost to do yourself is estimated at about $2mm per zero-day I believe.
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sounds like a nice way to create jobs for the economy!
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a thousand is a lot, but "finding" is a partial definition. Exploiting is very important and you need many ppl for maintenance
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also for testing
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problem is not finding them. problem is deciding WHERE. linux more relevant? OSX? Windows? Govt becomes "Eye of Mordor".Blackmail?
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