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rasz on July 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sandsifter: find undocumented instructions and bug...

He works for spooks - Battelle Memorial Institute, a long-time NSA/CIA contractor. One of the places that hires officially retired spies.

azinman2 on July 28, 2017 [–]

and therefore.... ?

qb45 on July 28, 2017 | [–]

Therefore there is suspicion that spooks may have been using that for years and revealed it once they've had enough for some reason. I'm not familiar with any proven case of such situation, but people speculate.

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