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psa be extremely careful what you say online for a while, maybe forever (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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trump's going to kill a bunch of people for this, probably ones you know, maybe you, consider toning down the epic poasting

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[-] PaX@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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Remember back in like 2016 when everyone was getting hacked by that NotPetya ransomware? That was because some extremely nasty exploits for Windows the NSA had been hoarding got out and people started using them because they were so reliable and devastating, like "take over any Windows system anywhere as long as you have network access to it" devastating

They have to be careful about it though, so no one figures out what they are and patches them

They definitely have more, probably a lot more

Specifically, the Snowden thing they were talking about was probably when Snowden leaked a literal catalog of cyberweapons US security state ghouls could order and use lmao