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So is everyone just out here with tonnes of malware on their phone? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I know for a fact most people click every link they receive, or I wouldn't get so much mandatory security training at work, so if millions of people are just walking around after downloading random PDFs and word documents from their email onto their phone, what does this mean?

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[–] PaX@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Someone needs to make another internet-crashing computer worm like in the old days, as a bit

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Now states just use these exploits to oppress people

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago

Oh dang all the old "haha you're computer is fucked now" and nothing else viruses and worms were just anarchist cybersecurity training