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> What has been puzzling me ever since is that these OCSP checks have been well-known for a couple of years, and only now have attracted attention. It's not mu
by ben509 6y ago
> What has been puzzling me ever since is that these OCSP checks have been well-known for a couple of years, and only now have attracted attention.
It's not much of a puzzle. Everyone's Mac essentially froze simultaneously, and that's what drew all the initial attention. Then people were digging into why, and the cause of it got a lot of play. Privacy advocates took the opportunity to advocate privacy and had a large and annoyed audience.
- acdha 6y agoDon’t forget to account for selection bias: some people had apps delay launching and they started telling everyone about it as if it was everyone which affected all apps and users. Most of us had no idea there was a problem and thus didn’t feel obligated to start talking about it on social media.