Yubikey dealt with a mass recall only last year due to a bug in their firmware: https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-13-yubico-recalls-government-grade-security-keys-due-to-bug.html -- ಚಿರಾಗ್ ನಟರಾಜ್ Pronouns: he/him/his
11/08/20 22:10 ನಲ್ಲಿ, Stefan Claas <s...@300baud.de> ಬರೆದರು: > > Johan Wevers wrote: > > > On 11-08-2020 17:18, Stefan Claas wrote: > > > > >> Why hardware? If a bug is found you can't upgrade it easily. > > > > > > Because hardware can't be tampered with like software. > > > > If a hardware bug is found you're still lost. Even Apple has found out > > the hard way. > > Yes, you are right. While I am no programmer I would assume that designers > of such little hardware devices, same as YubiKey or Nitrokey for example, > do not have to deal with a boatload of large software components, burned > into ROMS. > > > >> On mobile, encrypted messengers are the norm. WhatsApp is the biggest, > > >> and it uses Signal's encryption algorithm which is excellent. > > > > > > And you think that continuing with those is a good practice since > > > Mr Snowden's YouTube Video was released? > > > > It is a risk, but not a bigger risk than someone taking over your pc or > > laptop. Signal and GnuPG are both defenseless against that. > > Yes, a risk, but at what price? I could imagine that many people do not > care to much if it hurts journalists or activists from foreign countries. > > But how about cybercrimes in general? > > https://cybersecurityventures.com/hackerpocalypse-cybercrime-report-2016/ > > Regards > Stefan > > -- > my 'hidden' service gopherhole: > gopher://iria2xobffovwr6h.onion > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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