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A security researcher obviously can't trust those devices anymore. If I were him I would sell them and buy new ones.
by mariuolo 11y ago
A security researcher obviously can't trust those devices anymore.
If I were him I would sell them and buy new ones.
- scintill76 11y agoMaybe I have an overactive conscience, but I'd feel kind of wrong about selling without disclosing that I had good reason to believe it was compromised (a serious, unfixable, almost-invisible defect), and probably nobody would buy if I told them that.
- alsetmusic 11y agoAgreed. This would be similar to knowingly selling a defective device, only much worse. But another thought that crosses my mind is that future disclosures and research may give him new insight to inspect the equipment and try to understand the extent of potential compromise. I would replace it but then hold onto it forever. Twenty years from now, the parts could be a goldmine for documenting what will surely be a historically significant time in the world of surveillance and privacy.
- rasz_pl 11y agomore likely people would pay more for a device with confirmed FBI/CIA/NSA implant a LOT MORE
- ixwt 11y agoI saw a talk by him this year. He would not sell these devices. He would be someone who feeds false information into them to screw with people that are on the other end, and laugh manically while doing so.
- Vexs 11y agoWhat better way to feed false information into a computer than giving it to someone else? In all honesty, I think a security researcher would be more curious figuring out what they did.
- ixwt 11y agoYou make a valid point. Trying to find what they did would be valuable to find what kinds of tactics the FBI and such use.