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Re: Is this real

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Is this real
Date 2015-01-15 19:22 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <chqicfF3g8eU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2015-01-15, billy@MIX.COM <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
> Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> writes:
>
>> IOW, another of those 'proof of concept' thingies with no real impact
>> on anyone other than the very stupid.
>> 
>> My guess, it'll never see the light outside the 'lab' he did it in.
>
> It was demonstrated at last summer's Defcon.

As similar USB attacks have been demonstrated. 

> Is that outside enough for you?
>
> You'd think, by the way, after dealing with Firewire
> DMA attacks, Apple would now know better.....

Wrong company. The problem is Intel's to fix.

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