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Isn't there a third possibility, "I received an email claiming that there's a backdoor" without publicizing all the additional details?
by tbrownaw 16y ago
Isn't there a third possibility, "I received an email claiming that there's a backdoor" without publicizing all the additional details?
- tedunangst 16y agoFirst question: "Who says?" Answer: "I can't say." Second question: "Is it credible?" Option 1: "Yes" => panic ensues. Option 2: "No" => "Liar!" Option 3: There is no option 3, you must pick 1 or 2.
- colanderman 16y agoWhy is there no option 3? "I am looking into the matter; more details will be forthcoming."
- tedunangst 16y agoThird question: "Did you find anything?" Option 1: "Yes" => panic. Option 2: "No" => "Liar!". You have to release all the details sometime, but the longer you wait, the more people suspect they aren't getting all the details (even if they are) and the larger the drama whirlpool becomes. Did "Kaminsky found a DNS bug, details will be forthcoming" accomplish anything? No, it was a giant clusterfuck. As a side note, I think it's weird that in a "post-wikileaks" era people are arguing that an open source project named openbsd be less transparent.