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This sets a dangerous precedent, because if users start avoiding updates due to mistrust, they may end up vulnerable because of missed security updates.<ref name="brick></ref> | This sets a dangerous precedent, because if users start avoiding updates due to mistrust, they may end up vulnerable because of missed security updates.<ref name="brick></ref> | ||
===Injecting Garbage Data(2016)=== | ===Injecting Garbage Data (2016)=== | ||
A functionality was added the FTDI driver through Windows Update that injected unwanted garbage data into the device's serial stream. The stream read "NON GENUINE DEVICE FOUND!” Because this was an undocumented functionality and because it is difficult to tell whether or not a chip is genuine, this may have caused issues in chips in all kinds of devices such as medical and industrial equipment as well as Arduinos.<ref name="inject"></ref> | A functionality was added the FTDI driver through Windows Update that injected unwanted garbage data into the device's serial stream. The stream read "NON GENUINE DEVICE FOUND!” Because this was an undocumented functionality and because it is difficult to tell whether or not a chip is genuine, this may have caused issues in chips in all kinds of devices such as medical and industrial equipment as well as Arduinos.<ref name="inject"></ref> | ||