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Originally Posted by NullNix
Anyone who looks at the continuous stream of security holes in any modern computer software would find that very, very unlikely. I hope it's true, though, since it would also mean that all my other Linux boxes would be much more secure than they actually are. (But it's not true. Has Amazon even patched CVE-2016-5195 yet? Yeah, I know, the problem on Kindles is different, getting them to execute user-specified code under any uid whatsoever -- but still.)
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The last but one hack took a year to do. It might always he possible but its getting harder and harder. I wonder how long the next hack will take? A year again? And then Amazon plugs it.