Fear Leads to . . . Be careful what you wish for. It might come true. Today it seems that awareness of security is at an all-time high. But I'm afraid it's more because of hype and scare tactics than because of positive, useful awareness and education.
Computer security makes the news every day, or close to it.
Well, we don't know yet. The truth is out there. And it's probably banal, as truth often turns out to be. By the time you're reading this, we'll probably know more about what's really going on. I'm not trying to say that the person who discovered the variable did anything wrong, but I'd love to know why someone didn't dig deeper into the matter before going public with it.