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		kbart on Feb 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spyin... I find it strange too that people (even some with more technical background) refer to a firmware as something obscure/magical. Chip technologies are so advanced today that you can run a code, that was only possible on a PC a decade or so ago, on a tiny controller. It would plainly stupid for NSA and the like to ignore such opportunity.

warkid on Feb 17, 2015 [–]

Remember report on Toyota accelecator firmware, which had like 10K global variables? Someone 'with technical background' could call this kind of software organization 'obscure' and that fact that it actually (somehow)works - 'magical'))

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