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		pdkl95 on April 4, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Freedom and security issues on x86 platforms > without our noticing it? Nobody noticed the bad heartbeat packets being sent to openssl for a long time.

jMyles on April 4, 2016 [–]

...but eventually, heartbleed was noticed. And covertly sending large amounts of multimedia content from a PC is far more conspicuous behavior.

pdkl95 on April 4, 2016 | [–]

> multimedia content

Obviously that's not what would be sent. A keylogger would be far more likely.

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