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"Dell included that [private] key on all the affected laptops as well." Was there any reason other than plain negligence to include the private key on every la
by chipperyman573 11y ago
"Dell included that [private] key on all the affected laptops as well."
Was there any reason other than plain negligence to include the private key on every laptop?
- jessaustin 11y agoDeniability? If the intention was to create a backdoor, and later it was found that e.g. NoSuchAdversary had used that backdoor, a really good "we didn't intend to create a backdoor and we especially didn't give the key to that backdoor to the Adversary" defense would be the fact that actually Dell gave the key to everyone.
- jacquesm 11y agoThat's exactly my take on this whole thing. The incompetence you'd have to defend for the alternative to be real would damage Dell even more than the malice would.