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by samstave 2625 days ago
If i were a gov, id have a gov only interface. One that isnt common and available to every person on the planet.
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Hasn't the security by obscurity myth been debunked, and furthermore hasn't government proven itself utterly incompetent at designing products?
I'm not sure I would classify it as such, it's more of an attack surface reduction, assuming we're only talking about the physical form factor.
> incompetent at designing products?

You mean like SELinux? Or SE Android? Or the STIGs?

Thats not really what I meant.

I am just saying that they should have a pre usb meter that prevents the usb stick from being attached to a device directly such that they can screen it off ...

Defense in depth has not been debunked.