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homebreweryesterday at 6:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

Given enough computers, anything will happen. Apparently enough bit flips happen in domains (or their DNS resolution) that registering domains one bit away from the most popular ones (e.g. something like gnogle.com for google.com) might be worth it for bad actors. There was a story a few years ago, but I can't find it right now; perhaps someone will link it.


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pixl97yesterday at 6:46 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT7mnSstKGs

Was in DEFCON19.

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lanyard-textileyesterday at 6:57 PM

A very old game speedrun -- of the era that speedruns weren't really a "thing" like they are today -- apparently greatly benefited from a hardware bit flip, and it was only recently discovered.

Can't find an explanatory video though :(

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