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New comment by petervuto in "GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits"

petervuto — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:45:51 +0000

Some of the exploits are suspected to be intentional govt backdoors. It is easy to see why Gitlab would ban the user, given that they can be secretly subpoenad as any other US or allied entity.

New comment by petervuto in "GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits"

petervuto — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:42:23 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT anyone's obligation to do free work for megacorps. If anyone is testing MS products for free, or reporting bugs for free, that's a gracious favor, nothing more.