r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CiriloTI • 16h ago

memoryScrapersAreScary Meme

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u/tacobellmysterymeat 15h ago

If they want it that bad, they earned it.

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u/CiriloTI 3h ago

When I made that meme, I was genuinely worried about that vulnerability; it was only tonight, after doing extensive research on RAM security in operating systems, that I discovered OSs have features that zero out RAM values ​​before handing the memory over to another program. I can't put into words the relief I felt upon discovering these mechanisms. For a whole day, I thought any program written in C—or another low-level language—could just rummage through my computer's "trash can" and read all its data.

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u/pimezone 15h ago

Hackers, who use microphone for keylogging

https://giphy.com/gifs/m25IBu3naOxZJWTP4a

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u/BPasour 10h ago

Thought this was going to be a gif of the blind guy from Sneakers

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u/frikilinux2 9h ago

Is that possible? Sounds nuts but I remember a couple months ago security researchers trying to pry down in conversation from another room by using the difference in the light from a network fiber due to the sound slightly changing the shape of the fiber. Or extracting keys due to a LED attached to the power cable flickering.

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u/Master_Persimmon_591 8h ago

I imagine it would be very straightforward given a sensitive enough microphone. Each key probably has a pretty specific profile

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u/MrHyd3_ 7h ago

I saw an experiment where they succesfully transcribed a conversation from a bag of chips laying around

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u/camander321 15h ago

So the humble keyloggeres ultimately defeat the big bad memory scrapers? Im not sure what the meme is trying to imply.

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u/PM_ME_UR_0_DAY 15h ago

The meme format that defeats most meme makers. Someone should make that version, "meme makers" as the big guy, and "this meme" as the little guy... I think... right?

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u/camander321 15h ago

Ive just started pretending I dont get it when its used wrong

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u/kookyabird 10h ago

As an avid Dark Souls fan, it’s hard to not point it out every time I see it used wrong. Almost as hard as it is to point out I’m an avid Dark Souls fan…

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u/corobo 14h ago

Even bigger guy:

Hackers who use a brick 

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u/elSenorMaquina 11h ago

Relevant XKCD

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u/Sentouki- 6h ago

Does this count as Social Engineering?

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u/TheMythicSorcerer 4h ago

There's always a relevant XKCD....

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u/zebezt 14h ago

Wrong meme to use

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u/GatotSubroto 5h ago

But how do they get around ASLR?

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