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jacquesm
on Sept 7, 2023
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NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit capt...
If your software can cause billions of damage and you don't have billions in the bank you are in the wrong business, or acting very irresponsibly.
RhodesianHunter
on Sept 7, 2023
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Small companies can't cause billions in damage though...
tonyarkles
on Sept 8, 2023
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SQLite and OpenSSL are prime examples. Both have exceptionally small teams behind them writing software that literally is in everything.
MichaelZuo
on Sept 8, 2023
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Yes they can? It's totally possible for a small, well connected, group to be writing small pieces of custom code in very critical applications, like core reactor controls system for navy submarines.
RhodesianHunter
on Sept 12, 2023
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Those may be small teams, but they are most definitely not small companies.
jacquesm
on Sept 8, 2023
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The argument wasn't mine.
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