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swiftcoderyesterday at 12:46 PM1 replyview on HN

The increased attack surface mostly only affects that one particular implementation though. So, yes, twice as many implementations that may contain exploitable bugs, but each new implementation could only be used to exploit a fraction of the total user base


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rlpbyesterday at 12:50 PM

> could only be used to exploit a fraction

If anything this is a even a good thing, since it means that each individual vulnerability an attacker finds is less valuable to them.