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points by rishabhd 3 days ago | 0 comments

Curious question - if any organization sponsored a 1.2mn USD program to find vulnerabilities in Linux, will they find these many vulnerabilities? Or use a professional software like Checkmarx or Veracode to do it with 1.2mn USD in license + human effort.

Is it a funding + will problem or is it an AI problem?

[–] asdff 3 days ago

I’d think they’d go a long way. You have to remember many jailbreaks in major hardened systems over the decades have come from gifted eastern european teenagers. Imagine giving this talent actual resources and a mandate to do this full time.