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danilonc··on Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit
Would Lockdown Mode mitigate any part of this exploit chain?

If so, which aspects would it block? The Apple support page mentions that most message attachment types are blocked, *except* for certain images, videos, and audio. Given this, would Lockdown Mode have prevented this exploit?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120

danilonc··on Amber: A code search and replace tool
ast-grep find/replace Abstract Syntax Tree. Amber matches on regex.

It seems ast-grep is more powerful if you don't exactly know how the code is structured.

danilonc··on Amber: A code search and replace tool
Reminded me of https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep and I wonder how it compares in performance and functionality.
danilonc··on [dead]
This post reminded me of the waitbutwhy post regarding the AI revolution.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revol...

danilonc··on Masscan: TCP port scanner, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes
Old discussing about the tool:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8803498