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Re:Game Over We Have Obtained Fully Functional JTAG for Inte... by rasz on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:29AM (#15662161)
it means you can get remotely hacked by someone controlling cheap gadget manufacturing, something like this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mantistek-gk2-collects-type...

but invisible and undetectable

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Re:Game Over We Have Obtained Fully Functional JTAG for Inte... by DarronWyke on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:09PM (#15664467)
Not quite true. Currently it requires physical access with a JTAG debugger. Presumably eventually it could be weaponized enough to allow access with any sort of USB device, and potentially remotely, but the latter is very unlikely.
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