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Backdoors (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

In this case it seems the backdoor is only usable with someone who has the correct key. Seeing and reverting something fishy is in some cases, like this easier than finding an exploit. It takes a lot of time in this case to figure out what goes on.

Fixing a bug never automatically give an easy to use exploit for script kiddies