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The 4th Linux kernel flaw this month can lead to stolen SSH host keys (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] 67 points 4 months ago (11 children)

too busy… with bugs.

with duplicate bug reports.

“the continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to different people finding the same things with the same tools.”

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  • [+] -58 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    Mailing lists, it turns out, is a bad tool.

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  • [–] 38 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    It's worked for over 30 years, until the slop generators turned on.

    Dunno duder

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  • [+] -37 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    Times change. I’d say if slop finds exploitable bugs, it’s not slop. And if your 30 year old method of doing something doesn’t work anymore, take a few minutes to make a better solution. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven't been spotted, but there's a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don't add anything to the conversation

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Duplicates don’t add anything to the conversation

    But it's not the same person reporting the same bug multiple time but rather a new tool enabling multiple people to discover that same bug at the same time.

    Not reporting it because "someone else probably will" is a sociopsychological phenomenon called diffusion of responsibility.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven't been spotted, but there's a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don't add anything to the conversation

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven't been spotted, but there's a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don't add anything to the conversation

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven't been spotted, but there's a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don't add anything to the conversation

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven’t been spotted, but there’s a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don’t add anything to the conversation

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Yes but the problem is that people keep submitting the same bug again and again and again. Some bugs exist because they haven't been spotted, but there's a heckton of bugs that are known about, but no-one has been able to put forward a fix for them yet. Overloading people with duplicate reports just means that they have less time and brainspace available to spend on fixing bugs.

    Duplicates don't add anything to the conversation

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