it has been overhyped, yes, but to claim it is a "nothingburger" is equally hyperbolic.
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Replying to @rj_gallagher
The news is someone gave this to Wikileaks, sure. Anyhing else in there that is not mundane for Defcon?
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
Particularly angry at the way it is scaring vulnerable people away from encryption.
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Replying to @zeynep
Yes agree that's a problem. But flipside is release leading to more secure internet; software/hardware patches being rolled out etc
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Replying to @rj_gallagher
But that's not happening, not in a meaningful sense, because that's not how insecurity happens & the nature of the release.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
Stuff released is mostly older, mundane exploits. World drowning in these & *patches* do little since most phones not updated.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
It is plausible dumping exploits (even if fixed) makes most ordinary people (android users) less secure—though already so bad.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
I *am* for fixing things though I think solutions are most structural. But that would require good faith effort from WL.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
Instead of providing the cache, they could work with vendors, journalists to get accurate reporting and fixes. hahaha.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
Meanwhile, how many dissidents are scared away from encryption? I'm inundated. How many folks think CIA listening to their TV?
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This has been yet another WL-led media-gullibility fed disaster; losers are dissidents repressive regimes and ordinary people.
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