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A couple weeks ago, when I asked someone how to verify on demand that a BIOS isn't compromised, someone else quipped "Could be the processors too, better forge those by hand." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609780 In fact, it turns out the future is probably headed in that direction. All mobile phones are already compromised; every phone has a proprietary baseband chip with full remote DMA access that no amoun…
A couple weeks ago, when I asked someone how to verify on demand that a BIOS isn't compromised, someone else quipped "Could be the processors too, better forge those by hand." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609780 In fact, it turns out the future is probably headed in that direction. All mobile phones are already compromised; every phone has a proprietary baseband chip with full remote DMA access that no amoun…
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Last time I checked, the 4th Amendment was about "due process" and "but upon probable cause". Everyone seems to forget about the "Probable Cause" line.
Probable cause is an under-appreciated term. Every American should know what it means. You'll see actors in movies and TV say to other actors posing as police that they can't enter their home without a warrant and that's not true. Police can enter your home without a warrant, all they need is probable cause. What is probable cause? Probable cause is when a police officer is 51% sure that a crime is occurring. So if p…