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Intel Android Privacy Security

Intel Tells Users to Uninstall Remote Keyboard App Over Unpatched Security Bugs (bleepingcomputer.com) 16

Intel has decided that instead of fixing three security bugs affecting the Intel Remote Keyboard Android app, it would be easier to discontinue the application altogether. BleepingComputer: The company announced its decision on Tuesday, following the discovery of three security bugs that affect all versions of the Intel Remote Keyboard. This is an Android application that Intel launched in 2015 to allow users to wirelessly control Intel NUC and Intel Compute Stick single-board computers. The bugs, discovered by three different researchers, when exploited, allow a nearby network attacker to inject keystrokes into remote keyboard sessions, and also execute malicious code on the user's Android device.
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Intel Tells Users to Uninstall Remote Keyboard App Over Unpatched Security Bugs

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  • What about uninstalling intel severs and going amd?

  • ...Could they be even more incompetent? Intel has become a joke lately.
    • It's almost like Intel is in the process of destroying their brand.
    • by Anonymous Coward

      ...Could they be even more incompetent?

      Oh, please ... it's a fucking app ... means it was written by interns, or some outsourced company, or cobbled together in a few days in someone's spare time as a proof of concept and pushed out the door by marketing.

      Most apps are shit, and their sole purpose is usually to push ads and harvest your data. If the app does the same fucking thing as the company's web site, then doubly so.

      Apps are some of the worst written software I've seen, precisely because nobody gives

  • if intel can't secure an end user app, which should be fairly easy, can we trust them to secure their processors, a much, much harder task?

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