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This is why you should never buy/sell electronics used for sensitive stuff like this second hand. Cases like this might seem bad but are still quite isolated and unlikely, imagine if the seller deliberately implanted malware, or buyer trying to get past your 2FA.


Or companies should be required to have a "factory reset" and warrant its removal of all customer data and associations (with heavy minimum compensations for failure).


But the malware could be installed in the hardware.


That's a separate issue, surely. The subject is manufacturers not properly clearing user data and saying the mitigation is "just don't sell it".




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