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judge2020last Monday at 3:22 AM1 replyview on HN

Right now you'd need a zero-day bootrom exploit to do something like this - still a possibility for the average high-level intelligence operative, but not the average white collar citizen. The proposal is making such a thing a feature.


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shaknalast Monday at 4:00 AM

Stuxnet did not require a bootrom zero day. Just people's propensity to plug in USB devices out of curiosity.

You don't need the NSA to target someone and replace their device with a malware driven one. Just a porch pirate and your own delivery - two to three years and you're almost guaranteed an attack window.