> > > > > 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.