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That is what he meant. Doing it better is that easy, that the cost of the S8 is more expensive then the hours of programming labor.
by bebna 9y ago
That is what he meant. Doing it better is that easy, that the cost of the S8 is more expensive then the hours of programming labor.
- StavrosK 9y agoWhat programming labor? They just printed a photo and put a lens on it.
- jstanley 9y agoYou're agreeing.
- StavrosK 9y agoYeah, well, in that sense, the cost of the S8 was also higher than the hours the researchers spent scrubbing toilets to develop this exploit.
- lorenzhs 9y agoI think that tbihl and bebna are trying to say that it would cost Samsung less to defeat the attack by programming one of the listed countermeasures than it cost the CCC folks to buy one of these phones. (I don't agree.)
- tbihl 9y agoThat is exactly what I meant. Like you're probably thinking, my estimate IS an amateurish one, taking into account no business admin/healthcare/etc. But I remember implementing this (as a small part of a project) at a time when I couldn't be bothered to put more than a few hours into any project. At any rate, I can't explain their failure to implement these checks, because they're SO trivial.