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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel

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SadErn · 1790901647 · focus · HN ↗
AI is finishing the job that Snowden started. If we backfill all these holes privacy can be preserved.
1. rockskon · 1790916318 · focus · HN ↗
  We're in an uneasy truce with regards to mandatory backdoors.
  They're not demanded because targets are just so easy to pop.
  If we did secure software across the board with AI, there'd likely be a resurgence of calls for mandatory backdoors.

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