If you open your computer's case, it is already vulnerable to hacking, because no consumer x86 computer is secure under that threat model. Yes, this is another bullshit hyped attack with minimal practical consequence because under their threat model you are already pwned.https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1259669698494509056 …
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"Ruytenberg's technique, shown in the video below, requires unscrewing the bottom panel of a laptop to gain access to the Thunderbolt controller, then attaching an SPI programmer device with an SOP8 clip," ...lol.
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At that point, it's already a lost cause. I can understand being worried about something like Inception originally (i.e. just plug in to an unattended machine and lets go!). However, there's a certain level of evasiveness that just equals game over no matter what.
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Attacks that are plug and play are worth worrying about, and TB has protections against those (these days). But once you need to take out a screwdriver, the victim is already screwed in uncountably ways, and nobody cares.
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