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1. soundpuppy ◴[] No.44417730[source]
The gap between the people demanding these systems and those who design it it is so large, it’s vulnerable to corruption in infinite ways, let’s be honest.
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2. knetl ◴[] No.44418422[source]
It underscores how important cybersecurity is in mobile, IoT and Wi-Fi systems. A few critical exploits chained together is all it takes for physical surveillance or bio-sensing[1].

A 2007 NSA hacking toolkit catalog leaked by Snowden[2] shows what state-of-the-art was 18 years ago. Just imagine what a remote attacker can do with today's commercial hardware.

[1]https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/7/2111

[2]https://www.eff.org/document/20131230-appelbaum-nsa-ant-cata...