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by dfox 4131 days ago
Superfish has more severe practical implications.

The SIM heist confirms that few entities have capabilities that almost everyone assumed they have.

Superfish enable anyone to attack significant percent of internet users.

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Indeed. Most of NSA news are only confirming what everyone could reasonaly already assume - i.e. that yes, they can hit you everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I love NSA stories, but the Superfish one is rightfully more covered because:

- it's an immediate and very serious threat to a lot of people (every script kiddie with room-temperature IQ level can use it to clear someone's bank account)

- it's a very clear example of how customers are literally being fucked over by businesses, and how a big and trusted company turned out to be represented by flat-out lying assholes (one rarely gets to see a case without any room for doubt)

- it's a case that you can (and should) do something about