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scragzyesterday at 6:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

different cultures have different views on disclosing vulnerabilities to distros before the public?


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embedding-shapeyesterday at 7:07 PM

Yes :) The blackhatter would obviously sit on it until they can sell it or use it, the whitehatter collaborate the kernel and distros to patch, and the greyhatter argues on HN whether the latest *fail was responsible enough or not.

sunshowersyesterday at 9:25 PM

Yes? "Different cultures" doesn't just mean different countries; there are many cultures within infosec.