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		saagarjha on June 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CIA hacking unit failed to protect its systems, al... > Exploit tools are require local systems to be super open in order to be frictionless. Yes, but your "local system" that receives traffic or whatever doesn't need to be the one having access to all your data…

dijit on June 16, 2020 [–]

That means that your software can never actually be deployed anywhere.

Once deployed your self-produced tools which have very little security protection themselves can be pilfered. Bonus points for tapping into the software deployment platform and downloading everything.

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