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This sort of thing may have been limited to powerful state actors a few years ago, but now Pandora's Box has been opened. Many other actors are now actively exp
by pjlegato 11y ago
This sort of thing may have been limited to powerful state actors a few years ago, but now Pandora's Box has been opened. Many other actors are now actively exploiting the holes deliberately created in the entire stack of computer security infrastructure over the past 20 years by those state actors.
It's far more likely that you'll run into someone trying to steal your credit card than an intelligence agency, but they'll be using the same exploit to get into your phone.
- cpach 11y agoSo the only resort then I guess is to abandon computers and only use cash and pen and paper.
- kajecounterhack 11y agoNobody's saying that. I think what's being said here is just that we need to fix what's broken. Acknowledging that your physical devices have side channels is important.