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[–] dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The mailing list for security vulnerabilities is private, in order to keep zero days a secret before they are patched. This is the issue, not the mailing list. Moving away from mailing lists wouldn't solve this because the vulnerabilities would still have to be private.