It’s a common way to interface with subsystems like wifi/bt/802.15.4 etc. you need physical access to the device or the ability to infect the firmware. If you can flash the device with your own firmware it’s already compromised
More info on the HN thread discussing the article. I dont read HN, but top comments had a bit more insights than the scare-mongering «news» article
Can you give us some more information on what’s false?
It’s a common way to interface with subsystems like wifi/bt/802.15.4 etc. you need physical access to the device or the ability to infect the firmware. If you can flash the device with your own firmware it’s already compromised
More info on the HN thread discussing the article. I dont read HN, but top comments had a bit more insights than the scare-mongering «news» article
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43301369
Thx, that’s helpful.
Thanks, added the link to the post