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Link to video of the hacking: https://x.com/Paul_Reviews/status/2044723123287666921
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And this is government software handling sensitive information. I thought people were required to have higher qualifications and good security knowledge to develop software there, we are cooked if this is the norm.
You would think right. I recently had a transit pass loading application update and demand that I turn off developer mode to continue use. This app is also run by a government agency across the pond(canada). Went over to the play store reviews and were all complaining about it.
They allege it was to help protect accounts and personal data. Ok, then why doesn't my bank account get compromised regularly? Or any other account I've logged into on my phone literally ever because I had turned on dev mode weeks after getting my first android 10 years ago. This application has been janky for years and only in the past month have they made positive changes to its functionality. I am biased and maybe more irked then necessary but I do expect better/the minimum from these kinds of institutions.
TBH it scares me that more and more things may go this way. You want online banking, or w/e? Well! You better use "trusted device"! What does "trusted device" mean? It means the device is locked down against its "owner".
It's like a relentless march where personal computing dies and corporate computing takes over. Ever more, our technology answers to big tech, not us.
Governments are the biggest pushes of AI, this was probably vibe coded.