chaospatterns

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Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

but completely backwards in thinking that an undocumented bluetooth backdoor is worse than the worst vulnerability found since the invention of the internet

Right HeartBleed was way worse than this, not on the same level. I wasn't claiming the opposite.

I was responding to the comment that appeared to suggest they were on the same level.

Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

No way they're on the same level. Heartbleed allowed for remote memory reads. This requires you to have access to change the firmware and just gives you some more APIs to control the WiFi system and possibly bypass firmware verification.

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Losing a 5-year-long Illinois FOIA lawsuit for database schemas (mchap.io)
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Syncthing Android app discontinued (forum.syncthing.net)
 

Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!