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Originally Posted by General Maximus
what Pip is trying to say is yes, the means are out there, but what are the chances that
a) somebody with the knowledge
and
b) somebody with the software
and
c) somebody is going to take the time
and
d) going to specifically target you
Unless it is an intentional attack for personal reasons the chances are that you are not worth a hackers time because you will yield little reward. Last time I checked 100,000 people live in Lincoln. Statistically what are the chances that somebody is going to come and sit outside my house for 3 hours and try and crack my password for my Asus router? Even if they managed it they wouldn't get anything of value so it just isn't worth their time. There are bigger fish to fry!
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the arguments seem to be
a) there's not a lot of people who can boot up linux (if it's not that simple now somebody will package it up so it is soon)
b) somebody with the software (if you're into hacking you will find a software or some variant of it)
c) somebody is going to take the time(I spend hours and hours fiddling with tech I don't see this as a barrier for somebody who like's hacking)
d) going to specifically target you (they are going to target somebody)
so you are comfortable. Playing the odds that the guy who is hacked isn't you
I'm saying it will happen to some people
the more that they leave it the easier it will be to do and the more it will be combined with other attacks and the more common it will become