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Re: Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises N.S.A. Toolbox by sneak on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:23PM (#6980293)
They have to gain access to the machine first to do the reflashing. Closed source systems make this a lot easier.

Apple's software update process allows for remote targeting of individual machines by MAC address, for example.

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Re: Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises N.S.A. Toolbox by mayrund on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @11:46AM (#6995436)
This is interesting. where is this information taken from?
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