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> Just as with computers, as the saying goes, if you have physical access to the device then all bets are off This is far less true than it used to be, though,
by acdha 2mo ago
> Just as with computers, as the saying goes, if you have physical access to the device then all bets are off
This is far less true than it used to be, though, and it seems reasonable to expect that aircraft become as secure as Macs.
- amelius 2mo agoBut what if the device contained an explosive?
- acdha 2mo agoDefenders have to think about multiple threats. Explosives are harder to get, conceal from certain types of scans, and are more overtly deliberate. Neither of these is a common threat but that doesn’t mean people don’t harden against low probability/ high damage events.
- amelius 2mo agoI mean, if we're going to ignore physical attacks then yeah an airplane can be as safe as a computer I suppose.
- Nextgrid 2mo agoA huge part of the security of Macs is that the security domain is a single chip. Hard to do with an airplane which is inherently a physically-distributed system.