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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by dymk on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:11PM (#18905502)
Do you think being an open source project makes it more secure somehow? It doesn't.
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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by djreynolds on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:36PM (#18905733)
This is code you can inspect running on hardware that you own and control. It's trivial to ensure it's secure at that point. Unlike when it belongs to a company.
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Re:Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protec... by dymk on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:39PM (#18908903)
I'm tired of explaining why this isn't a valid argument for security. Being able to compile your code means _nothing_.

As is tradition, just read "reflections on trusting trust":

https://www.archive.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p7...

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