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Amusingly, this exploit titled BlackLotus priced at $5,000 is cheaper than its likely namesake, the Magic: the Gathering card Black Lotus.

The cheapest Black Lotus cards are around $10k[1], an artist proof, signed Black Lotus may be worth around $800,000[2].

[1] https://www.tcgplayer.com/search/magic/product?productLineNa...

[2] https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifesty...




Well, sure. I mean, one of these things just lets you hijack the boot process of a fully-patched operating system. The other one lets you add three mana to your mana pool at no cost!

It's really no contest.


You're right. One is a necessary tool for the most skilled actors to use against their greatest threats; the other is merely another vector for exploiting trusted computing primitives.


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I think you replied to the wrong comment.


Yup




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