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LeifCarrotson
on July 31, 2020
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I would be surprised if the average FBI agent was less likely to plug in an unknown USB drive than the average Twitter engineer.
celdon25
on Aug 1, 2020
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What makes you say that?
theelous3
on Aug 1, 2020
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Software engineers are much more aware and focused on the problem of technical attacks. An fbi agent has no innate reason to distrust usb sticks. After all, they're just for "moving files" or whatever other basic tasks they use them for.
TheSpiceIsLife
on Aug 1, 2020
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> Software engineers are much more aware and focused on the problem of technical attacks.
We’re constantly presented with evidence to the contrary.
mewpmewp2
on Aug 1, 2020
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The point was "less likely", not that all engineers would not do that.
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