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Re:Debugging mechanism in Intel CPUs allows seizing control ... by pmontra on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:39AM (#13373231)
I'm surprised by what you read in my message. I'm not the "you deserved it" kind of person. People has the right to live how they decide to live and deserve nothing bad happen to them. However prudence calls to plan for security and I just don't believe technology can help us past to a certain point.

I lock the door of my house. Most people do. That helps against burglars, which is my threat model. It doesn't help against police with a warrant in some countries, maybe warrantless in others. If somebody wants your data so badly to kick down your door, maybe they are willing to use workarounds even less pleasant than https://xkcd.com/538/ There are techniques against that, compartmentation (is that the right word?) and others. The more farsighted is trying to change how a country works. Long and risky though.

Re:Debugging mechanism in Intel CPUs allows seizing control ... by KirinDave on Thursday January 12, 2017 @02:03PM (#13385078)
Technology can play a part at every stage of this. For better or for worse.