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by asdfasdf12124 2199 days ago
> If the government couldn't break in to Tails

Or they didn't want to. Now we all know it costs a measly "six figures" (100k??) to zero day a system used by journalists and activists.

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Thats 100k for Facebook. They have the ability to find these white- or black-hat folks, and pay them. For you, random dude or dudette on the street, that might be a little more expensive.

I would assume a huge, IT-focused org like FB already has 3-4 high-end security orgs doing pen-testing and digging for zero-days in their code; they just poured a little sugar on top of an existing contract to help squash this one online predator douche.