Comment on Chinese malware removed from SOHO routers after FBI issues covert commands

sugarfree@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hot take. They’re both bad and you should use open source router firmware.

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  • jelloeater85@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not even that hard to run OpenWRT or buy boxes with it on it already.

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just bought a new asus router. Planning on putting openwrt on it.

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    • Mrduckrocks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Was interested in OpenWRT until I realised its not supported on my router (its reasonably new model (2022) maybe thats why)

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  • BaroqueInMind@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even better: build your own router with OPNsense.

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    • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even better: keep your shit up to date regardless of what you use

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Even better: let the FBI patch yo shit for you.

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• Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  X state malware is good, Y state malware is bad.

  Shit take.

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  • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The FBI has the power to arrest you tomorrow for all sorts of reasons. The Chinese government as the power to do what to you, again?

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    • Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The FBI has no power to arrest me, because I don’t live in America.

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      • VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In my country the Vodafone ceo said the government forced them to put black box on every node

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      • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jesus Christ. Can’t you just read between the lines for two minutes? Every one of us has some government agency that reigns supreme in our respective geographic areas. Just fill in the blank, please.

        What does a nuclear power plant have to do with tracking my Google searches? You think TIkTok on someone’s phone is going to allow them to disable power plants? That’s much more of a stretch than what I was getting at. The FBI, and probably whoever you would deal with, are specifically buying personal data for this exact purpose–to build profiles on people and to use it against us for whatever purpose they desire.

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  • elshandra@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Malware is bad. X state trying to hack me bothers me less than mY state.

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• HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, are you implying that the malware wasn’t involved in an attempted attack on critical infrastructure? Or do you seriously think the FBI persuaded a judge to let them go this as a front for doing something worse? Or are you just being edgy for the LOLs?

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• theodewere@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  move to China if you really feel that way

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  • SharkAttak@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At least he couldn't post this bullshit from the concentration camp.

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• aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would bet money that whatever the FBI is up to is less visible to the end user, and that is all anyone cares about anyway.

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