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g-b-ryesterday at 11:28 PM1 replyview on HN

People really pay too little attention to this attack avenue.

It's both extremely convenient and very unlikely to be detected; especially given that most current systems are associated to an account.

I'd be surprised if it's not widely used by law enforcement, when it's not possible to hack a device in more obvious ways.

Please check theupdateframework.io if you have a say in an update system.


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theragratoday at 3:11 AM

Isn't it the same with many Linux distros?

Updates are using root to run?

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