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by yaitsyaboi 1736 days ago
It’s weird to me that in this instance the software can withstand an “attacker” having the device. I see this adage when reading about social engineering, That once the person has the device, they can take control of it. Ofc that doesn’t mean they can read all the data but yeah this is something I’ve seen a few times.
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I don't think it's uncommon, the rule is more that you can't rely it not being hacked (with sufficient time, skills, etc.) than vice versa.

Whether or not it is depends on how much effort the world is willing to put into it.

There's plenty of software/devices that have never been hacked, but the ones that really test the rule to me are those where the effort to secure them is closely matched with the opposite, iOS, Denuvo, games consoles etc.