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Re: [OM] More on: Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken

Subject: Re: [OM] More on: Why the Security of USB Is Fundamentally Broken
From: Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:45:03 -0700
Now that's a classic, Peter. Glad I wasn't drinking a scotch, because I've
have wasted it choking from laughing.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <satire mode on>
>
> Protective patches for BadUSB will be available in the UNIX world the week
> after next.  Apple will deny the existence of any problem for six months,
> claiming that their hardware and software certification makes such an
> exploit impossible.  Then they will release a new, called Paper Tiger. The
> release will break all email applications. Apple will issue a patch for
> this two days later, in which the browser won't work in western Europe,
> except for France. Nobody will understand why.  Two days later, another
> patch will fix everything, except in New Zealand, where complaints of
> hideously slow Internet connections will continue for months. Apple fans
> will attribute this to user error.
>
> Microsoft will declare that BadUSB is another reason why you must stop
> using Windows XP RIGHT NOW, today, and we really mean it!  A fix for
> Windows 7 and 8 only will be available in four weeks. However, the fix will
> difficult to install and use, so most people won't install it.  It will
> require 32 GB of RAM, Office 2015 and Microsoft Cloud.  The advertising
> campaign will feature the slogan, "Who scares you more, us or them?" The
> phone bank, 1-800-PAY-SRVR, will be manned by several hundred
> specially-trained Sri Lankans, who for once managed to undersell the folks
> in Bangalore.
>
> Meanwhile, a thousand Chinese manufacturers have ordered new packaging
> declaring that their USB products are 100% protected against BadUSB--in
> which they will sell exactly the same products as before.
>
> CD and DVD manufacturers will position themselves as the safe alternative.
> And all those 3.5" floppy disks you didn't throw out yet will start to look
> oddly attractive.
>
> --Peter
>
>
>
> Candace wrote:
> > Hi back at ya, Moose. :-)
>
>
> >> On 10/7/14, 1:35 PM, Moose wrote:
>
> >> What is not clear to me, for people in situations like Candace (Nice to
> >> hear from you!) is whether simply plugging a USB device in is a real
> threat -
> >> and I'm too lazy to read/view all the material to which links were
> posted.
>
> >> You Should Be Moose
>
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