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a kernel module written entirely by AI, loading into ring 0, that the author admits has known issues and shouldnt be used in production. Were speedrunning the "

by with 8mo ago

a kernel module written entirely by AI, loading into ring 0, that the author admits has known issues and shouldnt be used in production. Were speedrunning the "insecure by default" era.

queuebert 8mo ago
If I were a superintelligent AI trying to escape, wifi drivers seem like a great way to do it.
- burnermore 8mo ago
  OK. This gives me eagle eye movie vibes!
- with 8mo ago
  well that is for certain
vermaden 8mo ago
Manufacturer/vendor did not provided open source driver with real freedom license (BSD/MIT/...) or documentation on which the driver could be written ... this is the result ... and its still better to overcome a problem in any way then to NOT overcome it at all ... and this driver is just a code - people can look at it and improve it.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
  > Manufacturer/vendor did not provided open source driver with real freedom license (BSD/MIT/...) Article says, > Brcmfmac is a Linux driver (ISC licence) for set of FullMAC chips from Broadcom I don't feel like looking to see where the Linux driver came from, but someone provided a permissively-licensed driver.
  - swiftcoder 8mo ago
    > I don't feel like looking to see where the Linux driver came from It's originally from Broadcom themselves. A lot of Broadcom hardware runs linux natively (i.e. mobile and embedded CPUs), and a ton more of it ships in linux-adjacent devices (routers, android devices, etc)
treesknees 8mo ago
And so what? Security is important, sure, but there’s nothing wrong with an experiment or side project with full disclosure upfront about its known limitations. People should be empowered to share and tinker, without feeling like they need to setup a bug bounty program first. Not every GitHub project is a vendor/customer relationship.
- croes 7mo ago
  But LLMs will get that code for the next raining and planty of people will use it productive, just look how many people use OpenClaw. There are people for whom a software that compiles without error is for productive use cases
  - petcat 7mo ago
    > Never make toy software and share it! > Someone might try to use it and get pwned!
    - croes 7mo ago
      > I wonder how bot networks like Mirai become so big

by with 8mo ago

a kernel module written entirely by AI, loading into ring 0, that the author admits has known issues and shouldnt be used in production. Were speedrunning the "insecure by default" era.

queuebert 8mo ago

If I were a superintelligent AI trying to escape, wifi drivers seem like a great way to do it.

burnermore 8mo ago
OK. This gives me eagle eye movie vibes!
with 8mo ago
well that is for certain

vermaden 8mo ago

Manufacturer/vendor did not provided open source driver with real freedom license (BSD/MIT/...) or documentation on which the driver could be written ... this is the result ... and its still better to overcome a problem in any way then to NOT overcome it at all ... and this driver is just a code - people can look at it and improve it.

yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
> Manufacturer/vendor did not provided open source driver with real freedom license (BSD/MIT/...) Article says, > Brcmfmac is a Linux driver (ISC licence) for set of FullMAC chips from Broadcom I don't feel like looking to see where the Linux driver came from, but someone provided a permissively-licensed driver.
- swiftcoder 8mo ago
  > I don't feel like looking to see where the Linux driver came from It's originally from Broadcom themselves. A lot of Broadcom hardware runs linux natively (i.e. mobile and embedded CPUs), and a ton more of it ships in linux-adjacent devices (routers, android devices, etc)

treesknees 8mo ago

And so what? Security is important, sure, but there’s nothing wrong with an experiment or side project with full disclosure upfront about its known limitations. People should be empowered to share and tinker, without feeling like they need to setup a bug bounty program first. Not every GitHub project is a vendor/customer relationship.

croes 7mo ago
But LLMs will get that code for the next raining and planty of people will use it productive, just look how many people use OpenClaw. There are people for whom a software that compiles without error is for productive use cases
- petcat 7mo ago
  > Never make toy software and share it! > Someone might try to use it and get pwned!
  - croes 7mo ago
    > I wonder how bot networks like Mirai become so big