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The average user has an almost zero risk of having to worry about being bugged via their USB. Is your Aunt Irma a target for espionage?
by briandear 9y ago
The average user has an almost zero risk of having to worry about being bugged via their USB. Is your Aunt Irma a target for espionage?
- Teever 9y agoI guess the answer to that question depends on if you or someone else that irma is associated with is the target of espionage
- seanp2k2 9y agoNothing to hide, what’s the problem?
- Jach 9y agoIt's not nothing to hide, it's realistic threat model. But if these things become more popular and in more and more devices they'll just hoover up all the data they can get like already happens with web software. The average user probably should not have to learn what an extension is and figure out which adblocker to install, but this is the inelegant world we live in, and anyway I'm still on the fence for whether I really want to expect more from the average user or not.
- amigoingtodie 9y agoFacebook will mass deploy these to serve targeted advertising based on conversations it hears.
- scardine 9y agoThis is sarcasm, right? (dozen apps already listening the mic in our pockets).
- jimsmart 9y agoThis argument is similar to saying you don't care about someone else's freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.