Re: The zero-days are numbered
Shadow <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.freeware |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Shadow |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 21 May 2026 01:11:00 +0000, "p-0 0-h the cat (coder) <[email protected]>" wrote: >On 20/05/2026 22:24, Shadow wrote: >> On Wed, 20 May 2026 12:07:00 +0000, "p-0 0-h the cat (coder) >> <[email protected]>" wrote: >> >>> >>> https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/ >>> >>> "Multiple white cursor arrows scattered across a bright orange background. >>> >>> Since February, the Firefox team has been working around the clock using >>> frontier AI models to find and fix latent security vulnerabilities in >>> the browser. We wrote previously about our collaboration with Anthropic >>> to scan Firefox with Opus 4.6, which led to fixes for 22 >>> security-sensitive bugs in Firefox 148. >>> >>> As part of our continued collaboration with Anthropic, we had the >>> opportunity to apply an early version of Claude Mythos Preview to >>> Firefox. This weekÂs release of Firefox 150 includes fixes for 271 >>> vulnerabilities identified during this initial evaluation." >> >> Someone was either bribed to or was incompetent enough to >> write those 271 vulnerabilities into the code. Shit! (no relation) >> some people even write things for political ideology. See notepad >> fascist programmer. > >Alternatively a cat might say FF is a dynamic multi-threaded application >written by large teams of programmers, many transient, and therefore not >surprisingly sometimes in the organized chaos and unpredictability of it >all unexpected things can happen. Just a thought. Cats are crazy like >that. Thinking. I know, it's a Darwinian dead end. Is "thinking" even allowed anymore? []'s > >>> Will they ever outfox Dusty and Shit the cat? >> >> I'm sure AI will. M$ announced there will be no more >> white-collar jobs available in 18 months time. AI can do it better, at >> a much bigger profit for the billionaires. Management is a thing of >> the past. > >Well let's hope it works out better than their move to India. Don't bet >the business on that. > > >> Doctors will not be replaced because the best AI can do is 30% >> correct diagnosis.You need to actually touch the patient to diagnose >> anything. > >I think we might agree on this. To be fair, the right Doctor is light >years ahead on diagnosis but for example GPs are generally average at >say Dermatology because many conditions look the same. I know you are >special but most aren't. > >So in my humble opinion always get a diagnosis from a Doc and if it's >stubborn or important from the best consultant you can afford. Figuring >out who is the best though... difficult. > >In the spirit of cat fairness I have to say that AI is kinda good though >for background info once you have a diagnosis, and with caveats >depending on the condition, researching self help alternative or >complimentary treatments. > >Hugs [] > >> I supposed doctors could be replaced by a full body high >> definition MRI for every single consult, but where's the profit in >> that? > > > > > > >Cat's lives matter! > >p-0.0-h the cat, the number one influencer on the Usenet Social! >Live everyday like you're a really cool cat! >Sent from my iFurryUnderbelly. -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 Google Fuchsia - 2021