Comment by wyre 2 years ago Sorry for the lay question but what’s the benefit of the hard reset over a general restart? 3 comments wyre Reply Mattwmaster58 2 years ago Layperson here so just guessing. If not using the hard reset method, the exploit might fake the reboot sequence to maintain its own persistence. AFAIK, a hard reset is built in hardware and thus impossible to fake. carleton 2 years ago I believe they’re assuming that malware can do a pretend reboot whereas the hardware keystroke can’t be faked. transpute 2 years ago [dead]
Mattwmaster58 2 years ago Layperson here so just guessing. If not using the hard reset method, the exploit might fake the reboot sequence to maintain its own persistence. AFAIK, a hard reset is built in hardware and thus impossible to fake.
carleton 2 years ago I believe they’re assuming that malware can do a pretend reboot whereas the hardware keystroke can’t be faked.
Layperson here so just guessing. If not using the hard reset method, the exploit might fake the reboot sequence to maintain its own persistence. AFAIK, a hard reset is built in hardware and thus impossible to fake.
I believe they’re assuming that malware can do a pretend reboot whereas the hardware keystroke can’t be faked.
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