Chinese appliances are shipping with malware-distributing WiFi chips (geek.com) 12 points by nreece 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] bcl 12y ago ↗ Where's the teardown of one of these devices? I'm not going to believe it until I actually see some evidence of it from a reliable source. [–] samspenc 12y ago ↗ Based on what I've heard from friends who've actually reverse-engineered some of these products, there's more of these where they came from, including inside products from even high-profile companies in mainland China.
[–] samspenc 12y ago ↗ Based on what I've heard from friends who've actually reverse-engineered some of these products, there's more of these where they came from, including inside products from even high-profile companies in mainland China.
[–] albertyw 12y ago ↗ isn't this a repost of another (debunked) article that was on HN a few days ago? [–] officialjunk 12y ago ↗ this one? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337 [–] ChuckMcM 12y ago ↗ Yup, several folks are picking it up even though it hasn't been verified by anyone as far as I can tell.
[–] ChuckMcM 12y ago ↗ Yup, several folks are picking it up even though it hasn't been verified by anyone as far as I can tell.
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