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Alert fatigue is real but silent rootkits are way worse. Also, it's not just about booting windows or the OS, it's about the UEFI, which even fewer people are

Alert fatigue is real but silent rootkits are way worse. Also, it's not just about booting windows or the OS, it's about the UEFI, which even fewer people are going to want to tinker with.

hulitu 4y ago
Alert fatigue is much worse than silent rootkit.
vorpalhex 4y ago
I actually disagree. Silent rootkits in the bios are relatively rare, but alert fatigue is horrifically common. It's not just the severity of harm but also it's frequency.