Overheard at the office... "Too many people actually know what a virus is, so let's make up something no one knows. If they don't have experience with the phrase, they're far less likely to find a way to tell us we're full of shit. How about "cyber pathogens"? Yeah, that sounds great! Do YOU know what a cyber pathogen is? I sure as hell don't! We'll just scare the public to get our way, using fear of the unknown as our weapon." ... and there are enough sheep in this country that it just might work... that's the real scary bit.
MacBooks are designed to prevent software running on the MacBook’s central processing unit (CPU) from activating its iSight camera without turning on the light. But researchers figured out how to reprogram the chip inside the camera, known as a micro-controller, to defeat this security feature. In a paper called “iSeeYou: Disabling the MacBook Webcam Indicator LED,” Brocker and Checkoway describe how to reprogram the iSight camera’s micro-controller to allow the camera and light to be activated independently. That allows the camera to be turned on while the light stays off. Their research is under consideration for an upcoming academic security conference.
That's the problem. The real stories are far more outrageous than those in The Onion or that guy from The New Yorker who posts funny stuff. How can any of them be funny if the politicians are funnier than they are? If any comic writer had written a bit a year ago that was about a politician who said the exact things that Trump says on a daily basis, he'd be criticized as being an unfunny hack. If a movie about politics showed attendees at a politician's event harassing and beating up demonstrators with the support of the politician, it would be criticized as being a cartoon. But here we are.
The masses are idiots and just the mention of a "dormant cyber pathogen" will cause many people to believe that Apple should unlock the phone.
If this isn't proof they are out of control and will do anything to achieve their goal, I don't know what would. They will continue to ramp up the scare tactics using children to create fear in people, like they always do.
This guy is so full of something that can't be mentioned is polite company. It's amazing how stupid he thinks the general public is. They only pathogen that comes to mind might be what his shorts are full of.
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The masses are idiots and just the mention of a "dormant cyber pathogen" will cause many people to believe that Apple should unlock the phone.
That's a cyber pathogen if ever there was one.