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That's a ridiculous price. I just got an older tablet and installed an aftermarket ROM without the Google frameworks. Then I put stickers over the cameras, and

That's a ridiculous price. I just got an older tablet and installed an aftermarket ROM without the Google frameworks. Then I put stickers over the cameras, and opened it up to disconnect the microphone and sever the electrical traces on the USB port so it only charges and doesn't allow for data communications. When I closed the case up, I put some globs of epoxy on the inside so it wouldn't be possible to open it back up without major and obvious shell damage. I do something similar with my laptops. I use older Lenovos compatible with Libreboot and just disconnect the microphones and cameras and seal up the ports with DMA memory access (firewire, eSATA, etc) and seal up the case. It makes it so I can't repair them if something goes wrong, but since they're ancient machines they're very inexpensive.

Brakenshire 10y ago
$600 for a 10" Atom tablet, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD, including the keyboard. $1300 for a 11" Core-M5 tablet, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, including the keyboard. Honestly doesn't seem that bad to me, if the product is well made. It's similar in price and processor specs to the Macbook (Core-M3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $1300).
- deftnerd 10y ago
  Oh, I agree that the $1300 tablet has great specs. It needs them to run Qubes (which I run on my desktop machine) I was just saying that if your primary goal is adding a bit of tinfoil to your desire for security and privacy, it's easy to just get an old tablet and modify it to remove some of the most common attack vectors and environmental observation capabilities.
kovek 10y ago
If someone has access to your webcam and microphone inout, then would that data not be transmitted over the internet? In that case, would it not be possible to see if that data is being transmitted using tools like Wireshark?
- witty_username 10y ago
  True, but it could be encrypted and it might be only sent when other traffic is occurring so you'd never notice.

Brakenshire 10y ago

$600 for a 10" Atom tablet, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD, including the keyboard. $1300 for a 11" Core-M5 tablet, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, including the keyboard. Honestly doesn't seem that bad to me, if the product is well made. It's similar in price and processor specs to the Macbook (Core-M3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD for $1300).

deftnerd 10y ago
Oh, I agree that the $1300 tablet has great specs. It needs them to run Qubes (which I run on my desktop machine) I was just saying that if your primary goal is adding a bit of tinfoil to your desire for security and privacy, it's easy to just get an old tablet and modify it to remove some of the most common attack vectors and environmental observation capabilities.

kovek 10y ago

If someone has access to your webcam and microphone inout, then would that data not be transmitted over the internet? In that case, would it not be possible to see if that data is being transmitted using tools like Wireshark?

witty_username 10y ago
True, but it could be encrypted and it might be only sent when other traffic is occurring so you'd never notice.