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		dm2 on July 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tor security advisory: “relay early” traffic confi... That wouldn't really be ethical would it? It would do more harm than good, such as get a lot of people arrested, tortured, killed, and discovered as spies. Responsible disclosure is best, get it patched then release the details of the vulnerability.

sp332 on July 30, 2014 [–]

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