alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoNew UEFI vulnerability bypasses Secure Boot — bootkits stay undetected even after OS re-installwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoUnfortunately, features that should be standard, like headphone jacks and expandable storage, are now mutually exclusive with sufficient security. You can have your SD card and headphone jack, or you can be secure*. You can’t have both. (*security is never a sure, 100% thing, but on a smartphone connected to so many intimate and financial things it’s still your first line of defense)
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago You can have your SD card and headphone jack, or you can be secure*. You can’t have both. What about either of those compromises security?
Unfortunately, features that should be standard, like headphone jacks and expandable storage, are now mutually exclusive with sufficient security.
You can have your SD card and headphone jack, or you can be secure*. You can’t have both.
(*security is never a sure, 100% thing, but on a smartphone connected to so many intimate and financial things it’s still your first line of defense)
What about either of those compromises security?