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stronglikedan 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: HDD Firmware Hacking

> The obfuscation hardware vendors do is so trivial, why do they even bother?

The lock on your front door is so trivial to bypass, yet deters the vast majority of people from entering your house without your permission.

thfuran 4 months ago [–]

Does it actually? I'm not sure anyone has ever tried to open my door when it was locked except me.

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