Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoMicrosoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life' — expert claims action is vindictive and promises further retaliationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down15
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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-29 hours agoIs this the bitlocker backdoor? That’s not an exploit / zeroday Thats making a backdoor be known.
minus-squarefreely1333@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoWell the thing is it’s now been zero days since they had to write a new backdoor.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoThey don’t need to write a new one, they probably already have more than one built and deployed for the same thing. But it’s a good idea to get started on another one, so I’m really just complaining about the word ‘had’ as if it was a requirement.
Is this the bitlocker backdoor? That’s not an exploit / zeroday
Thats making a backdoor be known.
Well the thing is it’s now been zero days since they had to write a new backdoor.
They don’t need to write a new one, they probably already have more than one built and deployed for the same thing.
But it’s a good idea to get started on another one, so I’m really just complaining about the word ‘had’ as if it was a requirement.