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minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoExcuse me, grandma, we need to verify your private ssn-key or we will have to charge you $5,000. Boom. Broke. ;)
minus-squareUli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoZero day exploits, to be expected. Obvious simple solution, just upgrade grandma firmware.
minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI… am cautiously curious how that process works.
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s a flash of the grandmother Hardware Interface Protocol. You’ve never heard of a HIP replacement?
Excuse me, grandma, we need to verify your private ssn-key or we will have to charge you $5,000.
Boom. Broke. ;)
Zero day exploits, to be expected. Obvious simple solution, just upgrade grandma firmware.
I… am cautiously curious how that process works.
It’s a flash of the grandmother Hardware Interface Protocol.
You’ve never heard of a HIP replacement?
Bravo.