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by grishka 1488 days ago
Why is it technically possible for Microsoft to update drivers without user consent? This is a deliberate RCE vulnerability with kernel privileges.
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teddyh 1488 days ago
Yes. Some call these “universal backdoors”: https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/po/proprietary-back-doors.pt...
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a1369209993 1488 days ago
> Why is it technically possible [...]? This is a deliberate RCE vulnerability

I think you answered your own question right there.

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