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Re:Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks ... by thomasjudge on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:26PM (#15013080)
Boy that suggests an interesting attack vector. You didn't happen to see where the USB port to update the OS on the plane is, did you? Hopefully the in-seat USB ports aren't wired to this somehow...
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Re:Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks ... by swiley on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:10PM (#15013479)
There is no way that firmware isn't signed.
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