For someone who is ostensibly a computer scientist, I don't actually follow news about things like Def Con all that closely. I'll catch a couple articles (like this one), but I don't go into a great amount of detail about what was done, how it was done, or how we might be able to mitigate the threats.
... Of course, the basic summary is terrifying enough to make an impact even without details. There's a large list of devices which many of us rely on to work that a determined attacker can exploit. About the only defense most of us have is that expending the resources some of these exploits require isn't worth the benefits from compromising our specific devices, and that's not much comfort. Nor does it apply to tricks that take very little time or effort.
In the end, most of us have to rely on keeping our systems updated, reporting problems that come up, and being as careful as possible with the information that can get us in real trouble.
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