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No, I believe he refers to technical means. Meaning being able to prevent the leak.

• alexholehouse 15y ago
  Right, so that's what I originally thought, but they are two separate problems. Yes, of course it would be ideal to prevent the leak in the first place - being a security company and having your sourcecode stolen is not exactly ideal, nor does it reflect very well on your ability to achieve the express purpose of your company. HOWEVER, what's done is done, and given this source code has been stolen, I would on balance prefer Symantec to retrieve the code/neutralize the threat through legal means, rather than acting as "hax0rz" themselves. Whether or not this approach will work is a third debate - you'd hope this was, as suggested, a ploy by law enforcement working with Symantec, but I feel like it would reflect far worse on the company if they took an underhand approach to the situation. It's damage limitation at this point, and for a company so integrated with non-tech companies and individuals a legal approach seems a far more sensible option.