[JumpCrisscross]

> weapons of mass destruction. That's what they are

Seriously HN? Your Netflix password being compromised is equivalent to thermonuclear war?

[aczerepinski]

Think more along the lines of exploits that allow turning off a power grid, spinning a centrifuge too fast, or releasing a dam.

[JumpCrisscross]

> exploits that allow turning off a power grid, spinning a centrifuge too fast, or releasing a dam

By this definition trucks are WMDs because they, too, can blow up a dam.

Hyperbolic comparisons undermine the speaker’s authority. Zero Days aren’t WMDs.