This is the last message I will say on this topic. There is no conspiracy
here. The simple fact is that remote code execution security holes are
pretty common. Unless the developers for this particular code are years
ahead of everyone else there are undoubtedly security holes in this tandem
software. Once you put the functionality into the software, someone out
there will eventually figure out how to exploit it. I am not suggesting
that FreedomScientific will be spying on you or anything like that. I am
just saying that we see attacks like this at the university all the time,
although via other vectors. Never-the-less, this just gives some hacker
another bunch of code to possibly exploit.
Personally, I think the threat is relatively small because of the small
install base, but saying that absolutely no one will ever get access to
your machine without being invited is a bit nieve.
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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