# SN 1017: Is YOUR System Vulnerable to RowHammer?

**URL:** <https://www.twit.community/t/sn-1017-is-your-system-vulnerable-to-rowhammer/18210>\
**Category:** Security Now\
**Tags:** episode\
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/sn-1017-is-your-system-vulnerable-to-rowhammer/18210 "2025-03-19T02:55:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/leo/32/16203_2.png) [@Leo](https://www.twit.community/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/sn-1017-is-your-system-vulnerable-to-rowhammer/18210/1 "2025-03-19T02:55:31Z")

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Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT…

> **[Is YOUR System Vulnerable to RowHammer? | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1017)**
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> An analysis of Telegram Messenger's crypto.A beautiful statement of the goal of modern crypto design.Who was behind Twitter's recent outage trouble?An embedded Firefox root

What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you!

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**Author:** ![Clayton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/clayton/32/711_2.png) [@Clayton](https://www.twit.community/u/Clayton)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/sn-1017-is-your-system-vulnerable-to-rowhammer/18210/2 "2025-03-23T20:55:08Z")

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I wonder if this might be one of the earliest reverse canaries?

 ![IMG_1509](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/twit/original/3X/f/d/fdb6364192beff26f264293d3ea7e4a8e60b1416.webp)  
 ![IMG_1508](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/twit/original/3X/b/7/b7d922d6d297d5e8f19819fea25209ec55d27af6.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_0004](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/twit/original/3X/5/d/5de1a29bfd0746f4816d3dc27b11bc92043c4c42.jpeg)

Early in the 20th century motor cars were rare in the UK, and local police were operating speed traps everywhere to catch them, often using dubious stopwatches borrowed from pawnbrokers. Roadside scouts for the Automobile Association were supposed to salute approaching cars bearing the AA’s big brass badge, but hold up their hand to stop the car if they knew there was a speed trap ahead - until one was successfully prosecuted for impeding the work of the police.

Reasoning that they couldn’t be prosecuted for an absence of action, the AA changed the instructions - and was not prosecuted again.