Re:MEGA: Malleable Encryption Goes Awry
by er4hn on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @08:09PM
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I'd argue the opposite actually. Device owners pay a much higher cost in maintaining multiple, incompatible, devices that each require their own procedure to upgrade, means of notification, etc.
In addition a lot of security when things are fragmented tends to become "security through obscurity". Something that is a small player in a market can still have all sorts of issues that a state-funded actor can find via analysis and exploit. It's also much less likely to have a public actor find and disclose the issue due to the small install base.
In addition a lot of security when things are fragmented tends to become "security through obscurity". Something that is a small player in a market can still have all sorts of issues that a state-funded actor can find via analysis and exploit. It's also much less likely to have a public actor find and disclose the issue due to the small install base.