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lukeschlather • today at 5:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

This seems like an AI-generated summary and it leaves some obvious questions unanswered.

This thread (linked by the page) seems like a better source: https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-polic...

Ian Carroll notes:

> I think it's worth noting that this compromise is much worse than the private keys simply being stolen by a researcher. They are inherently weak single-byte keys that anyone can factor, and the issue cannot be contained.


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jinseokim • today at 7:07 PM

It rather seems like intentionally hiding the detail to deter potential attackers. Not very good strategy in AI era though.