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> weapons of mass destruction. That's what they are

Seriously HN? Your Netflix password being compromised is equivalent to thermonuclear war?




Think more along the lines of exploits that allow turning off a power grid, spinning a centrifuge too fast, or releasing a dam.


> exploits that allow turning off a power grid, spinning a centrifuge too fast, or releasing a dam

By this definition trucks are WMDs because they, too, can blow up a dam.

Hyperbolic comparisons undermine the speaker’s authority. Zero Days aren’t WMDs.




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