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nostr:npub15fkerqqyp9mlh7n8xd6d5k9s27etuvaarvnp2vqed83dw9c603pqs5j9gr https://veracrypt.eu/en/Hidden%20Operating%20System.html

but >windows

I guess if you air gapped it it wouldn't matter but still.

d 2y ago

I feel like you need to be extremely paranoid about hardware to really avoid compromise

modern chips have their own black box operating systems running and we don't really know what's in there and can't inspect it, right. it's "necessary" for these super complex chips to function, they say

you can physically remove the known wireless functionality from a board, but if the chip has a hidden wireless module on the die, they could have an antenna disguised as a trace and still use that to opportunistically contact known networks as you pass through them. shitty signal quality I'm sure but they don't need to extract data in bulk, they just need to send up a signal flare, so to speak. "come look at this guy"

keep the device in a faraday cage, and never bring another device in? that seems relatively safe

or just revert to 80s tier computing, which is honestly enough for many things

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Fe₂🦀₃⋅H₂🦀 2y ago

nostr:npub15fkerqqyp9mlh7n8xd6d5k9s27etuvaarvnp2vqed83dw9c603pqs5j9gr call me optimistic but I actually don't think the hardware situation is that bad YET. Intel ME has been looked at for a long time with suspicion but nobody has been able to catch it operating like spyware or even looking like it's running at all during system operation. I think it's easier to avoid the dragnet than most technically capable people assume. This is partially due to the fact that whenever they do catch somebody it is usually from some blitheringly retarded opsec failure.

On the other hand, if you're on windows, everything you do is being sent off to a server. We've known this for 10 years now.