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		ezoe on March 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “... Why stop there? The user can easily modify the kernel to disable such prevention measures for malicious usage. We must have a regulation to require a hardware level detection and prevention features of curl which all hardware vendors must follow.

asynch8 on March 28, 2019 | [–]

oh god stop some politician might see this and take you for being srs

craftinator on March 28, 2019 | [–]

But users have fingers, which can be used to disable or subvert said "features". Thus, those fingers are just gonna have to go. They're a security risk, and security risks are against the regulations.

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