Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am...
by ryanmarsh on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:24AM
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I take a different view of this. Some 30 companies got this hardware, two are named as having the resources to find the offending hardware. By this logic you’re still safer using a company such as Amazon.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am...
by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:57AM
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My point is that you should care about privacy, even if you're using, for example, apple services. Thinking that nobody has the resources to hack a company that big isn't an argument and has just been disproven.
In other words, if you have plans to ever be a politician that china may not want in any position of power, don't store your nudes on icloud/dropbox/google drive, or they may suddenly get leaked when you least expect it and ruin your career in favor of a more... Shall we say "convenient"? ...alternative.
Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am...
by ryanmarsh on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:10PM
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I’m not saying nobody has the resources to hack a company. I’m saying few companies have the resources to detect such a sophisticated hack. Therefore my infra is probably safer with, say, Amazon vs my local colo.
You are correct that individuals seeking personal infosec against state actors must be eternally vigilant.
Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am...
by jeremy7600 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:35AM
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Disproven on speculation?