I think conflating a security paper which shows something is possible to using the "exploit" to create a database 100s of GBs large and analyze it is disingenuous at best.
Creating the database got attention in a way that just pointing it out wouldn't have. You point it out and people shrug and say "sure, that's totally unsurprising". You produce more than 100 GB of data and you have people's attention.
These databases exist and always have because this has always been possible. The only difference is that they've typically been held close to the chest by intelligence agencies or hacker groups or whoever else made them for illicit purposes. The only change here is that this database is public and is drawing mainstream attention, which is a strictly good thing.
A lot of the people on here are using the same reasoning that would say that LockPickingLawyer should stop showing how to pick locks because he's making it too easy to learn how garbage most locks are.
lolinder|9 months ago
These databases exist and always have because this has always been possible. The only difference is that they've typically been held close to the chest by intelligence agencies or hacker groups or whoever else made them for illicit purposes. The only change here is that this database is public and is drawing mainstream attention, which is a strictly good thing.
A lot of the people on here are using the same reasoning that would say that LockPickingLawyer should stop showing how to pick locks because he's making it too easy to learn how garbage most locks are.