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by gruez 2558 days ago
Or say you launched a cyber attack, but really you didn't, then they waste their time looking for non-existent backdoors. Considering the NSA has some pretty deep implants (uefi level, hard drive firmware level, iot/embedded) that can pass through airgaps (see: stuxnet), it'll be quite expensive to do a full sweep.
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If they do manage a full sweep, the world is one step closer to spyware-free consumer hardware ^^
Well the system has to go down, if the Iranians can keep shooting missiles just fine there is no point to it.