> > > > > slave boss is having a bath in front of some banks, in public, in a
> > > > > city, on public property
> > > > >
> > > > > he has a rubber ducky that squeaks and he squeaks it a lot while
> > > > > bathing. he also sings to himself while lathering. sometime he talks
> > > > > to the rubber ducky about his private criminal business concerns, and
> > > > > makes cute noises at it
> > >
> > > oops sent that twice.
> > >
> > > websearch: "how many adults self-report having a rubber ducky"
> > >
> > > hmm no clear results but it seems rubber ducks are a larger
> > > phenonmenon than i am current with, and there is a community hacker
> > > project for a usb device called a rubber duck.
> >
> > looks like i'm supposed to know about it, it's old and could be based
> > on usb firmware dfu changes. it's a usb disk that presents a phantom
> > keyboard to control the system. [from before the modern era of overt
> > widespread firmware crime
>
> let's compare the rubber ducky compromise device to modern widespread
> firmware crime
> the rubbery ducky device is:
> - publicly discussed
> - publicly analyzable
> - used for security research like teaching a kid to play with fire safely
> the modern era of widespread firmware crime is
> - denied via coercive silence and corruption
> - covered over, scapegoated, etc when analyzed
> - used for human trafficking, criminal takeovers of governments, and
> surveillance by crimelords, like burning down a city of people who
> have never seen fire

in this modern era, nobody knows how their computers are being
compromised any more, and everybody is required to use them.

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