Comment by Cthulhu_

Comment by Cthulhu_ 6 months ago

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> Funnily enough this post now also gives you all the tooling to make an actual evil RJ45 dongle by reflashing one :D

Ironic! I'm convinced most security problems are caused by well-meaning people breaking down hard- and software and explaining how to "hack" things. I mean if that's unintentional than at best it was security by obscurity to begin with which should be exposed so people don't rely on it.

rickdeckard 6 months ago

If you think some curious spare-time white-hat hackers are the main cause of most security problems, you grossly underestimate the size and skillset of the black-hat hacking industry, and the unlimited profit-potential available in that field...

  • tjoff 6 months ago

    And here I thought the main cause of most security problems was stressed developers on rushed projects where noone cares about security.

lazide 6 months ago

“I'm convinced most security problems are caused by well-meaning people breaking down hard- and software and explaining how to "hack" things.”

Huh?