evil maid attack

noun

Etymology

From the idea that a maid in a hotel might be able to carry out such an attack.

Definitions

  1. An attack on an unattended device, in which a person with physical access alters it in…

    An attack on an unattended device, in which a person with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later secretly access it again.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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