Daniel Miessler on AI in cybersecurity: 'We just invented flashlights'
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-21
Security researcher Daniel Miessler offers an analogy for what AI is about to do to cybersecurity: the internet has always been pitch dark — dilapidated buildings, rats, maggots and creepy-crawlies everywhere. 'And we just invented flashlights,' implying AI will illuminate a world long hidden in the dark, upending the offense-defense balance.
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