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Kevin Townsend
Personal blog · kevtownsend.wordpress.comsecurityprogramming
Kevin Townsend's personal blog at kevtownsend.wordpress.com covers security and programming. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kevin Townsend's security posts, including one on Java vulnerability disclosure timing and one on a reported Visa and Mastercard hack. Commenters cite them as related context and do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Security centric issues, news and rants – and other things.
What Hacker News says?
> So just as giving a vendor no time to fix a vulnerability is irresponsible, so is it even more irresponsible to give that vendor a blank rain check. http://kevtownsend.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/java-vulnerabili...
Comment linking /2012/09/01/java-vulnerability-and-irresponsible-disclosure/
on “WhatsApp is using your IMEI number as password”Submitted Reports say VUPEN has been hacked - 130 0days reportedly in the wild as a story · 13 points
HN discussionhttp://kevtownsend.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/reckz0r-hacks-ma... Interesting to consider. But I do not know much regarding this topic, I am just leaving that link because it is directly related :P edit.: Anyways, I downloaded that file and it was really just plain texts, nothing to worry about. But seemed suspicious anyway. Why are there email addresses?
Comment linking /2012/06/18/reckz0r-hacks-mastercard-and-visa-anonymous-says-no/
on “VISA & Mastercard Hacked”Submitted Whitelist VS Blacklist as a story · 1 points
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