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Questions:

Why hasnt this been used for stealing Crypto?

Is there evidence Android OS has been compromised? (I know Samsung phones had an issue)

Is there any evidence a Fedora, Debian-family, or linux has been compromised?

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> Why hasnt this been used for stealing Crypto?

Because the information obtained is much more valuable than imaginary tokens.

> Is there evidence Android OS has been compromised? (I know Samsung phones had an issue)

I assume every OS can be compromised by a determined adversary.

> Is there any evidence a Fedora, Debian-family, or linux has been compromised?

I'm not sure what evidence you would need, but see above.

Android and Linux's source code is available. So its easy to find flaws and report them. Linux has live a long time and hasn't had major security issues. (Sometimes you get a compromised vendor down the chain in a single distro)

But also, imaginary tokens are really really valuable. I'm sure there are normal-ish people with ~100-1000 bitcoin, let alone a few of the outspoken people who are bitcoin billionaires.

"Valuable" is a relative term, and I am confident that the intelligence gathered using these tools is much more valuable to nations that coins that are primarily used for money laundering and other scams.

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