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by philsnow 955 days ago
> I personally know a release engineer that was required to quietly send all new code changes to an NSA ftp server, presumably to make sure none of the bugs they rely on were fixed.

... what would they have your acquaintance do if a bug they relied on were fixed? Push back on the change?

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That was implied, but never happened that they know of.

Could be they just decide to go take maximum risky advantage of the flaw before it is patched.