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  • Social engineering is to gain access circumventing downcode, not really “get a head start”…

    Most attacks are entirely social engineering. You’re not breaking into secure databases by pulling ridiculous zero day backdoors when it’s much easier to convince an intern to download a file or give you access directly. These super involved attacks are state actors, and no amount of trying to hide what Linux version is being modified will do anything for you there.

    State actors of course also use social engineering

    Ultimately the point is hacking really doesn’t involve the kind of subterfuge you’re describing here in a way where " what Linux is it " matters at all. I mean, windows is used for secure systems across the world, it’s hardly secretive.












  • I’ve had a phone with a USBC charger for years. Previous to that it was micro USB. I know several people who have done the same.

    Nothing you have described has really ever been an issue for any of us. Your critiques are true, I suppose, but it’s important to think about how often they are practical issues and not just theoretical.

    And at that, USBC ports are in general repairable. The only time they aren’t is when they are impossible to gain access to without damaging anything else.

    My take away from your comment, personally, is that lightning cables burn out, are more expensive than USBC, are proprietary and not an open standard, but might be easier to clean. Though you can clean USBC ports using a needle, so not even crazy easier, just a bit.

    I can understand being hesitant about change, but these feel like exaggerated critiques.