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How does this affect exploits?
From the article:
> The new law doesn’t apply to classified code, national security systems or code that would post privacy risks if shared.
That sounds like a security nightmare. A single accidental exploit in one agency could easily spread to others reusing the same code.
Now, imagine if that exploit was instead intentionally planted by a foreign spy, targeting common use cases...
This is just another form of the "security through obscurity" argument used against foss in general. Many eyes make all bugs shallow.
That's my first thought. The NSA and CIA probably have all sorts of in-house developed source for all sorts of evil things that they sure won't be sharing.