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btown on Oct 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: DEF CON report on vulnerabilities in US election i...

Specifically, this makes the job much easier for non-tech journalists to report on the findings. Consider that Heartbleed practically became a meme due to the discoverers’ creation of a logo and website. If you want to stop the hack, social-hack the fix.

whatshisface on Oct 1, 2018 [–]

>If you want to stop the hack, social-hack the fix.

It's a little tangential, but I think this comment is evidence that the verb "hack" has finally completed its evolution into a synonym for "do."

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