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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can you give us some more information on what's false?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It’s a common way to interface with subsystems like wifi/bt/802.15.4 etc. you need physical access to the device or the ability to infect the firmware. If you can flash the device with your own firmware it’s already compromised

More info on the HN thread discussing the article. I dont read HN, but top comments had a bit more insights than the scare-mongering «news» article

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301369

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, added the link to the post

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thx, that's helpful.