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I don't think this analogy works. I think it is more akin to police opening a folder and seeing paper evidence, but having no idea who put the paper there, when it was last opened/modified and unable to determine if the evidence is legitimate.

For me, this story isn't about fear that police could leverage the bugs to manipulate a case. It's about the constant fear that laymen rely on unverified "experts" to put people behind bars for years.

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Since the bug allows for arbitrary code execution, it's more akin to the officer reading the piece of paper and by doing so, he becomes the subject of some sort of curse that completely controls his actions.

You mean like a bribe offer?

I think investigative corruption is a pretty good analogy.

Yes, but you can’t join (“intersectionality”) your campaign against ad tech companies with a campaign against the police if you’re this busy being intellectually honest.

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