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The real world doesn't update in 2 months. (I wish it did.)

The NSA should have responsibly disclosed the vulnerabilities they had been sitting on as soon as they were discovered.

That protects national security - not this.

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Wikileaks should have disclosed before dumping publicly.

Burning down the house to prove that there are fire safety issues is the wrong approach.

Likewise not calling the fire department when you know all of our houses are likely to be burnt down in the hopes that some "bad guys" might get burnt is also the wrong approach.

This has nothing to do with Wikileaks, who have tried not to release any unpatched vulnerabilities in the Vault 7 documents and have been ignored by many companies they have approached offering to disclose vulnerabilities.

At least double check you've got the right person before labeling them an arsonist.

Wikileaks did not disclose these exploits

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/shadow-brokers-du...

I sort of wonder if Microsoft could create a mode for Windows where if it detects a security update available, it MUST update. I have spent a lot of the time trying to get Windows to just fucking STOP, but there are environments where security-before-use would seem ideal.

I wonder if any NSA computer or employee is affected by this. The best thing would be if the family of the directors and management would be affected. Just to show how stupid and irresponsible they act.

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