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There's a new article out full of random flotsam and jetsam here: <a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/spyware-leaves-trail-to-beaten-activist-through-microsoft-flaw#p3">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/spyware-leaves-trail-to-beaten-activist-through-microsoft-flaw#p3<br>
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Basically, it is a weak attempt to defame Vupen, based on the fact
that they wrote an exploit for a public vulnerability, and at some
point, someone got hacked by the same vulnerability. (Note: Not the
same exploit. It's apparently too hard for a reporter or the
"expert" Chris
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The article led to this on the Twitterz:<br>
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Although I cannot grasp any worldview where Microsoft would bother listening to Mr. Soghian's views, it's intersting to see how unlikely it is that they would reverse all of their efforts for the past decade to begin suing people in the security community.
But it's of course the darkest irony that someone who wears the banner of the ACLU is going to be "pressuring" big companies to sue people in this community.
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