Comment on DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses

roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Baahb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The NSAs malware is what would potentially give the DOJ the ability to do this. Weird how it doesn’t mention how this stuff was removed.

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• AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honest question: Assuming nation states have the all-powerful ability to install software on your networking gear, which country would you rather have? USA or Russia?

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    is switching to Cups and String an option?

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    • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hear pigeons aren’t too hard to breed.

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      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        IP over Avian Carriers

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      • Celestus@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Those are all compromised too!

        birdsarentreal.com/pages/faq

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They taste good BBQ’d too.

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    • yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Closest thing we have is end to end encryption mixed with services like tor to obfuscate our positions. Privacy is no longer opt out and is increasingly harder to achieve.

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    • grilledcheesecowboy@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That's already been hacked by the NSA

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cup with string attach to ball is number one game on Siberian winternet.

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Zimbabwe. I feel like they’d have a harder time doing any real damage to me

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  • trebuchet@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’re in the USA it seems clearly better to have Russian since they can do much less to affect your life and vice versa.

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    • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If the US government wants to spy on you, they have boots on the ground. Russia has been involved with ransomeware campaigns.

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    • yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same, rather get spied on from someone across the ocean you know? At least they won’t arrest me.

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  • MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Useless redirection.

    If you have one then you’ll have both.

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  • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The country you live in.

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• GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like to imagine that one arm of the American surveillance state started the exploit and the DOJ wrapped it up only after Fancy Bear noticed exploitable routers. I mean, there wasn’t any evidence that this originated from Russia in the article, just the assertion that it was so. Who’s checking?

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• yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The greatest malware ever installed was the idea that we shouldn’t fear our governments and should trust them implicitly.

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