"The user sees the “cute animal videos” he expects, according to Citizen Lab, but the malicious code exploits a flaw in Adobe’s Flash video player to take control of the computer."

This could very well be the effect of the recent proof that everybody is effectively under surveillance now (it's called "the Chilling Effect").

Given that HN contains the antithesis for every single argument that has occurred to mankind, I was especially curious to see if anyone would justify the behaviour and business ethics of Gamma, Hacking Team, etc. Lack of opinions seems weird indeed.

Water is wet. There's just not much to comment on.