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jbob2000 ◴[27 Oct 15 15:15 UTC] No.10458486[source]▶

So I read the blog post and skimmed the PDF and I'm left with some questions. IF these security issues have been present for 10 years, but there hasn't been any widespread malicious action on them, are they really issues?

To create an analogy, my car doesn't have bullet proof glass, someone could easily shoot it up and i'd be dead. But nobody really goes around shooting up cars, so is it an issue?

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1. mangeletti ◴[27 Oct 15 15:55 UTC] No.10458809[source]▶

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I think a more fitting analogy would be:

My car has a software vulnerability that would allow somebody clever to take control of the steering remotely while I drive, but nobody really goes around remote controlling other people's cars, so is it an issue?

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