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>Do not make the mistake of modeling the attackers as "some guy in a basement with a laptop who decided just today to start attacking things". There are nation-state attackers.

The parent's point is that if those capable attackers can exploit it anyway, doesn't mean it should be given on a silver platter to any script kiddie and guy in some basement with a laptop. The first have a much smaller target group than the latter.



This ignores that by publicly releasing the patch is motivated.




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