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by jacquesm 107 days ago
If I were an evil person I would start a cable shop where I sell all kinds of cables. And based on who the customer is I would send them a real cable or one with a nice and free to them surprise extra payload.

Who is going to x-ray each and every cable they buy? And who keeps track of where they sourced what cable?
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rolph 107 days ago
you should tender to NSA. less liability exposure, probably better revenue.

there is an interception and controlled delivery often used to get at the big problems.

you should never trust a "ground score" if your doing anything bad, it could be a controlled delivery.

considering current events i speculate there may be an uptick in this type of security operation.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/cottonmouth-i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

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jacquesm 107 days ago
Fuck the NSA. I did start off with 'If I were an evil person'. If I were an even more evil person I would go to work for the NSA. But no worries, I'm not politically aligned with anything in the USA right now and saw the writing on the wall two decades ago.
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