https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=162.158.94.165explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-15T17:36:34ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2556:_Turing_Complete&diff=222769Talk:2556: Turing Complete2021-12-18T11:09:08Z<p>162.158.94.165: Publication date of reference</p>
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This is a reference to the new FORCEDENTRY exploit analysis by Google's project zero: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html<br />
The exploit runs a full (turing-complete) VM within a PDF decompression algorithm. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.68|172.70.86.68]] 22:37, 17 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think "attack by a nation-state" is referring to Turing's WWII work. I think it means a modern nation-state is using FORCEDENTRY to attack you via some unexpected device. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:56, 17 December 2021 (UTC)<br />
* I think it actually is a reference to national security agencies being able to get into your phone and get all your private data and so on [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.5|108.162.237.5]] 01:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)Bumpf<br />
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The explanation should probably also mention that https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.html was published just two days before this comic. Frank [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.165|162.158.94.165]] 11:09, 18 December 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.94.165