Re: Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking for $500

"Cursitor Doom" <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote in message news:v8odgv$5eme$1@dont-email.me...

On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:05:37 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
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Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking -
a $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi
to bring costs down:
 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hackers-hope-

to-democratize-laser-based-processor-hacking-dollar500-rayv-lite-relies-
on-3d-printing-a-laser-pen-and-a-raspberry-pi-to-bring-costs-down#main

A fairly low quality article if you ask me.

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Nothing is safe:-)
Seems a cool way to bypass security stuff.
Gotta try my laser on a working chip.

If you can get close enough to get sufficient physical access.
Not a worry to most of us.

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A lot of exceptionally clever people who just spend their whole time
trying to fuck things up for everybody else.

If no-one did that, everything would be as fucked up as Windows 3.0/3.1/95

Pity they can't turn their
undeniable talents to making the world a better place.

In this context, making the world a better place requires demonstating to hardware/software vendors that they can't just cobble
something together and hope it's secure.

Life's hard enough
as it is for most.