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So while openly publishing offensive security techniques might indeed help criminals, that harm is outweighed by significant benefits. Every properly trained computer science student should understand
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The bottom line here is that while being the subject of attack by a deranged internet mob is never fun, sometimes it's the cost of doing business for doing interesting work. And for those who yell at
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I've gotten a few replies asking me if I regret publishing this or would do anything differently. No. I'm proud of this work. I think it has value. I would do nothing different. I am, evidently, remor
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Dec 29, 2025
@mattblaze@federate.social I realized the problems with master keying back in the mid-80s in college, so I figure it had to be common knowledge then or thieves would be too stupid to breathe. That includes the practical vulnerabilities of just swiping a copy of the master or making a bump key.
I wonder how many things are relatively secure only because even the bad guys dismiss the attack as "Nobody would be brain-dead enough to leave _that_ in there...".
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