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
Define "meaningful sense"? Some patches/fixes have already been rolled out, do you not recognise that as a positive?
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Replying to @rj_gallagher
The problem is the ocean; two drops taken away. Meanwhile, the one solution we had--boats, aka encryption--attacked, weakened.
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Replying to @zeynep
I hear you, & agree w/ many of your points, but find your analysis a bit too one-dimensional, esp. on issue of exploit exposure.
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Replying to @rj_gallagher
Did you see the Rand paper? Anyway, the actual threat is, remains, will be, phishing in insecure OS environments.
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Replying to @zeynep @rj_gallagher
If it hadn't been for the—seems deliberate to me—misleading PR, not working with journos and researchers first and press flub+
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I'd have rates this a neutral event for infosec for communities i care about. Bad for the CIA but that is their problem.
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