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I don't get the point about marking screws with nail polish. What does that accomplish?
by libeclipse 10y ago
I don't get the point about marking screws with nail polish. What does that accomplish?
- crummy 10y agoI assume it shows if someone has opened your laptop (because the nail polish will be scuffed perhaps).
- tillinghast 10y agoPresumably it allows you to detect when they've been removed and your hardware has been compromised?
- msh 10y agoa in depth explanation is here: https://www.wired.com/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-polish/ https://www.wired.com/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-poli...
- bazzargh 10y agoOriginally it was glitter nail polish http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/itll-take-more-than-glitter-nail-polish-to-stop-snooping http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/itll-take-more-than-glitter... ... the idea wasn't just to mark the screws to show if there'd been physical access, but to make a mark that's easily verified but very hard to reproduce, so you also know if your whole laptop has been replaced by the 'evil maid'. You need to photograph it to check! The actual bit in the 30c3 talk where this was discussed is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV4XnvE2p34#t=54m24s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV4XnvE2p34#t=54m24s