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[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 130 points 8 months ago

And the NSA quietly installed their own.

[-] Baahb@lemmy.world 59 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

malware is what gave the DOJ the ability to do this, so yeah,

[-] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

I like to imagine that one arm of the American surveillance state started the exploit and the DOJ wrapped it up only after Fancy Bear noticed exploitable routers. I mean, there wasn't any evidence that this originated from Russia in the article, just the assertion that it was so. Who's checking?

[-] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Honest question: Assuming nation states have the all-powerful ability to install software on your networking gear, which country would you rather have? USA or Russia?

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

is switching to Cups and String an option?

[-] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

I hear pigeons aren't too hard to breed.

[-] Celestus@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago
[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

They taste good BBQ'd too.

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Closest thing we have is end to end encryption mixed with services like tor to obfuscate our positions. Privacy is no longer opt out and is increasingly harder to achieve.

[-] grilledcheesecowboy@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

That's already been hacked by the NSA

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Cup with string attach to ball is number one game on Siberian winternet.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 27 points 8 months ago

Zimbabwe. I feel like they'd have a harder time doing any real damage to me

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 10 points 8 months ago

Useless redirection.

If you have one then you'll have both.

[-] trebuchet@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

If you're in the USA it seems clearly better to have Russian since they can do much less to affect your life and vice versa.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

If the US government wants to spy on you, they have boots on the ground. Russia has been involved with ransomeware campaigns.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Same, rather get spied on from someone across the ocean you know? At least they won't arrest me.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

The country you live in.

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The greatest malware ever installed was the idea that we shouldn't fear our governments and should trust them implicitly.

this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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