Now, with EDR widely deployed it's likely that the exploit usage ends up being caught sooner than later, but pretty sure some dictatorship intelligence agency would have found all those journalists deep compromise worthwhile...

The money could probably be more wisely spent if not following FIPS but without FIPS the average company wouldn't direct that money towards security at all.

Why not treat any local access as if it were an access to a microphone?

I've been looking at getting a Miata, and have been eyeing a nice 2016ish Miata because their prices seem so much lower.

Then I read a post from someone saying their transmissions are "like glass" and how it's better off to pay a few more $k for a 2017+ car, b/c that's how much a new transmission would cost anyway.

If everyone were to follow Paul's advice, these kinds of posts would never have been written because you're supposed to "only write what people want"

This 2016 Miata thing is a widely known thing in Miata circles — I just didn't know about it.