Comment on Undocumented 'Backdoor' Found In Chinese Bluetooth Chip Used By a Billion Devices.

CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which government’s backdoors would you prefer?

  “We know you have a choice in oppressive governments, so we appreciate you choosing ours.”

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    None of them, that’s why the only things in my house that connect to the internet are my computers, game consoles, and cell phone

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    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Assuming you’re not joking here, if your computers are any way modern they almost certainly have a backdoor.

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Obviously not, but I trust my laptop a hell of a lot better than my aunt’s XIPPLG branded wifi cat feeder that she bought off Amazon

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I guarantee all off those have components from manufacturers that a government could pressure for a backdoor.

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You are correct, and it doesn’t change my stance at all. It’s still worth it to mitigate risk even if you can’t mitigate all risk.

        Like, the fact that my 3d printer is already a fire hazard does not justify leaving a bunch of candles unattended

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    • targetx@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not sure if joking or naive…

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      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Like I said 6 hours ago, just because I can’t mitigate all of the risk doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t mitigate as much as I reasonably can.

        My 3d printer is a fire hazard, but that’s no reason to leave a bunch of candles unattended.

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• randompasta@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  True, but the ESP32 is used by a lot of devices. This backdoor is pretty huge in scope of devices impacted.

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  • earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It depends on what the method of attack is. I’m not seeing anything saying that it would be possible to exploit wirelessly, so this could easily be mostly a non-issue.

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• GrizzlyBear@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, most users here are browsing using a device with an AMD or Intel CPU, both with known backdoors. Not the first time a backdoor was found on American made hardware and it won’t be the last.

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