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issue0315@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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issue0315@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.
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    And the NSA quietly installed their own.

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      malware is what gave the DOJ the ability to do this, so yeah,

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      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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      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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        is switching to Cups and String an option?

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          I hear pigeons aren’t too hard to breed.

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            IP over Avian Carriers

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            Those are all compromised too!

            https://birdsarentreal.com/pages/faq

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            They taste good BBQ’d too.

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          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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          That’s already been hacked by the NSA

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

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

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        Useless redirection.

        If you have one then you’ll have both.

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

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        The country you live in.

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

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