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I think Hanlon's Razor can be applied to this example: They just do not think that encryption is important. It is real for Chinese companies.

• curt15 10y ago
  How does Hanlon's Razor explain the surreptitious nature of the firmware? "Little is known about the Ragentek firmware. BitSight researchers said code in the firmware goes out of its way to conceal the presence of the underlying binary file. For example, it deliberately attempts to remain excluded from the list of running processes returned by the Linux PS command." http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/powerful-backdoorrootkit-found-preinstalled-on-3-million-android-phones/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/powerful-backdoorroo...
  • andrewksl 10y ago
    Perhaps they consider security by obscurity an acceptable technique?
  • JumpCrisscross 10y ago
    On the other hand, the two domains left unregistered point to stupidity over evil.