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Thank you so much for that quote. I found the original article[1] from 2014 and it is perhaps the best computer security article I have ever read. [1] https://
by coldpie 3y ago
Thank you so much for that quote. I found the original article[1] from 2014 and it is perhaps the best computer security article I have ever read.
[1] https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf
- makeworld 3y agoFantastic.
- autoexec 3y agoI half expected the article to be a single page telling the reader in a large font to never open PDF files linked to by random users on internet forums. It isn't that, but I wouldn't have been mad if it had been.
- pests 3y agoOn one hand, I agree. On the other, we do have examples of nation states killing journalists and other people with the use of security bugs in applications. No one really knows when they're being targeted by nation state or when they fall into that category.... but when they do, they won't just being doing things to your email. see: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/nso-spyware-used-to-target-family-of-jamal-khashoggi-leaked-data-shows-saudis-pegasus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/nso-spyware-us...