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Re:CCleaner Command and Control Causes Concern by milesokeefe on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:22PM (#15299579)
Yes, so many/most phones and laptops would be compromised. But there are also plenty of computers in every form that aren't plugged into anything at all and completely invulnerable.

It would be devastating but nothing we couldn't rebuild from.

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Re:CCleaner Command and Control Causes Concern by outoftacos on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:39PM (#15299648)
You mean like desktops? That are unplugged? How many of those do you think are sitting around? How old is the version of Windows on them do you think?

If your recovery strategy is "drive as fast as you can to the thrift shop" then I don't know how effective "rebuilding" would be. This is fucking terrifying.

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