The major issue with the bug isn't its danger, but its age: it is easy to exploit reliably, and thanks to the nine years it's been hiding in the code, it will be in millions of computers.
The idea that bias can work on us unconsciously is lodged in the American psyche by now, but it is easy to exploit in a selectively self-serving way.
Share prices, both at the individual and aggregate level, can become overpriced relative to their fundamental values (the cashflows they are going to generate).But that is not the same as saying that it is easy to exploit these departures from the norm.
If they can most easily maximise profits by being good providers of a service that's what they'll do but, in this case, it's easier to exploit loopholes in the regulations.
It was easy to exploit weaknesses in the design; match wins felt capricious.
In a blog post Wednesday, Munro said it was easy to exploit other smart home devices — like an Amazon Echo — by hijacking a Chromecast and forcing it to play commands that are loud enough to be picked up by its microphone.
There was an expression, once commonly used, to describe a situation in which it was easy to exploit people: "like taking candy from a baby".
A population is easier to exploit if they don't know that they can demand better treatment.
The simple fact is this: if Keystone XL is built, it will be easier to exploit fossil fuel reserves large enough to drastically destabilize the climate.
