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<p>I moved on from WinAPRS and XP/Win2K years ago to Xastir running
on a Raspberry-Pi.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/9/2023 10:51 PM, Mobilinkd LLC
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<div dir="ltr">Open source provides the APRS community the
opportunity to fix the defect when found.
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<div><i>Unfortunately, the author no longer has an environment
configured to develop WinAPRS, so the bugs are unlikely to
ever be fixed.</i>
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data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Kind Regards,<br>
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Rob Riggs WX9O<br>
Mobilinkd LLC<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Jeff Hochberg <<a href="mailto:jeff@w4jew.com"
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<div dir="auto">The article is misleading. It makes it sound
like APRS is the issue when in reality it’s WinAPRS running
on Windows XP. </div>
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<div dir="auto">The author goes on to say the vulnerability
exists in WinAPRS on Windows 10 “just not as reliably and
with a lot of extra effort required”. </div>
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<div dir="auto">I love the argument that open source software
is inherently more secure. Vulnerabilities exist in all
software. Open source provides people with the ability to
review code themselves to determine if it’s vulnerable.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I would venture to say that 9 out of 10 people
wouldn’t know what to look for. Someone tells them open
source software is more secure so they just trust it. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at
3:45 PM Jeff Hochberg <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jeff@w4jew.com</a>>
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<div dir="auto">Interesting article </div>
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href="https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/arbitrary-code-execution-over-radio/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/arbitrary-code-execution-over-radio/</a></div>
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Jeff Hochberg<br>
W4JEW<br>
470-484-8010<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jeff@w4jew.com</a><br>
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Jeff Hochberg<br>
W4JEW<br>
470-484-8010<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jeff@w4jew.com</a><br>
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