Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA tools, researchers say
Which is exactly what we <i>crazy cookoo conspiracy theorists</i> have been warning about. It's the same slipperly slope we already went through in the 90's crypto wars, but SV gets amnesia when it gets lots of stupid company valuations and forgets all those lessons apparently.<p>Bottom line is this. If you put backdoors in, or exploit 0days for your own, they will get out in the wild eventually, and suddenly you have massively <i>weakened</i> infrastructure, corporate, and government security... basically all the things important to national security in general. So while I don't disagree that triple letters need some cool tools to get shit done, I think this function needs some technocratic oversight specifically for this issue.<p>It's time for a new Church committee.