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need to leak things out further" to get some software issue fixed. He says the process allows, though doesn't encourage, a five-day embargo, and "even then, I will forward it to technical people on an 'as needed' basis, because even that embargo secrecy is not some insane absolute thing."

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As a society, we are prone to blow computer security issues out of proportion. That's what happened with the TJX break-in. --Ben


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