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Buy hardware and software you, as the paying customer, remain allowed to control.
by nexttimer 13y ago
Buy hardware and software you, as the paying customer, remain allowed to control.
- tedunangst 13y ago? Are you suggesting the problem here is people aren't allowed to control 2008 era macbooks?
- superuser2 13y agoI'm assuming this is a dig at Apple. Care to show that any other laptop manufacturer's webcams are impervious to having their firmware overwritten?
- nexttimer 13y agoIt's a dig at anything closed.
- superuser2 13y agoWhy would open source hardware not be vulnerable to this sort of attack?
- jdiez17 13y agoTwo reasons: First: peer review. If your design documents are readily available, researchers don't have to reverse engineer them. Also, by open sourcing hardware design you lower the bar for critique: you might get feedback from an experienced electrical engineer who might not know how to write and upload a custom firmware for a USB controller. Second: you can easily change it because it's not a black box.
- userbinator 13y agoCare to show any Apple laptops that don't have built-in webcams?
- Rylinks 13y agoThis doesn't help here. The computer's control of the light is the problem--it's what lets the malware turn it off.