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Very perceptive observation by Bill Joy: The really nasty bugs are found by a couple of really smart people who just kill themselves. Most people look
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
Very perceptive observation by Bill Joy:
The really nasty bugs are found by a couple
of really smart people who just kill themselves.
Most people looking at the code won’t see anything
How many people looked at heartbleed and didn't see anything? How many people looked at goto fail; goto fail; and didn't see anything? And those were relatively simple. I wonder how many "really nasty" security bugs are still out there?
- sebcat 11y ago> Most people looking at the code won’t see anything Sadly, most people don't look at the code at all. They buy products marketed as making them safer, or trust central authority figures.