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The hardware doesn't care what it was designed for; it does what it's told. It is extremely plausible that capabilities which exist for testing purposes can als
by RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
The hardware doesn't care what it was designed for; it does what it's told. It is extremely plausible that capabilities which exist for testing purposes can also be exploited for running malware.
- morganvachon 7y agoCorrect, but the implication in the tweet was that it was secretly embedded by the manufacturer for nefarious purposes. The Twitter OP jumped to paranoid conclusions in part because of their obvious lack of understanding of even simple embedded hardware concepts. You can kill someone with a hammer, but that doesn't mean the hammer was designed for killing.