It is sad to see that the "jobs-worth" culture (as in "more than my ..") is now pervasive in the security domain. In academia such a paper would result in someone detailing the inaccuracies or loopholes in the arguments, provoking a discussion on the issues. In Microdaft culture, they try to silence anyone who offers a dissenting view. If they spent the time/money fixing the issues instead of attacking those who criticise we would not be in the present situation.

Kinda reminds me of the story of the "Emporers new clothes", with Microdaft cast in the lead role.

As long as people keep pointing out the problems, the issues will get fixed. If you silence these voices, all that you will get is false sense of security; until you get hacked that is!.

Shame that the @stake execs have sold out to corporate america, originally they would have laughed heartily, given the guy a pay rise and collected even more fees from there customers for services.

Whichever way you cut it, there are probs with Microdaft products, deal with it and find a way to remediate the risks.

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