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by philg_jr 1747 days ago
The developer of the O.MG cable has a good Twitter thread describing the issues.

https://twitter.com/_mg_/status/1388321639524229120?s=21

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This is a pretty good summary. Note on interpretation: it links to people expressing surprise about 12 months after the shit had hit the fan.

IMHO a strong mitigation strategy includes (1) have control of your designs (be responsive to your business environment) (2) minimize vendor-specific components (replace sexy ICs with stock-components where possible) (3) keep tested alternatives on the books for major components (redundant supply chain) (4) cache parts where necessary