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my understanding is there are so many vulnerabilities when someone has physical device access that the security community essentially suggests you assume any de
by mushufasa 2y ago
my understanding is there are so many vulnerabilities when someone has physical device access that the security community essentially suggests you assume any device is compromised if you lost physical access
- KerrAvon 2y agoThat used to be the advice. But it doesn't fly anymore when your OS is running on an easily-stolen device like a phone.
- Seattle3503 2y agoOr a use wants to plug into someone else's charging port. (Don't tell them not to do it, they are going to anyways)
- arp242 2y agoPhones don't have Firewire, and no one is charging their device through Firewire.
- wslh 2y agoMy understanding is that these bugs should not exist in 2024. Less if they are published. Do you lose physical access if someone connects a thunderbolt/usb/whatever to your computer? No, this is not losing physical access.
- saagarjha 2y agoThis has not been true for years for consumer electronics.
- inopinatus 2y agoThis is begging the question, because the cavalier attitude described in the anecdote above illustrates how that advice arises.