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		riffic on Feb 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Normalization of Deviance (2015) are "security daemons" truly necessary though? this whole thing sounds like a troll with enough convincing language to seem plausible

chaps on Feb 14, 2023 | [–]

We could debate security daemons until our minds bleed, but.. man, I wish that all didn't happen.

77pt77 on Feb 14, 2023 | [–]

Without the security daemons you risk a flux capacitor overload and that leads to it being exploitable via pointer wraparound.

riffic on Feb 15, 2023 | [–]

in that case I'll throw on my wraparound shades..

and deal with it

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