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Aren't these devices being targeted at the education sector, where they may be assigned to students? Is there perhaps some design intent here to prevent tamperi
by sxates 9y ago
Aren't these devices being targeted at the education sector, where they may be assigned to students? Is there perhaps some design intent here to prevent tampering?
One other potential benefit may be less worry about your laptop shipment being intercepted in Langley before delivery.
- npunt 9y agoIf they are targeted at the education sector, as in deployed in schools, they should be MORE repairable. Students wreck stuff they don't own. For instance, latest (non-Pro) iPad went back to a more repairable chassis that educators are liking because the screen is much easier to replace. And Chromebooks are so cheap if they break it's not a huge loss. I don't think the Surface is particularly targeted to edu enough to alter their hardware assembly decisions though.
- jermaustin1 9y ago> Students wreck stuff they don't own. Students wreck stuff the DO own, as well.
- Retr0spectrum 9y ago* Stuff their parents bought for them.
- rhodysurf 9y agoIf they are then they seemed to miss the mark with the price
- samch 9y agoIn all seriousness, would this be a good candidate for using as a sort of "dummy" travel laptop? I'm thinking of something along the lines of sealing off the ports too. That way, if intercepted or taken for "inspection", there's almost no chance that it could be hacked by physical access without leaving obvious clues.
- mcguire 9y ago"One other potential benefit may be less worry about your laptop shipment being intercepted in Langley before delivery." On the other hand, if Langley intercepted your laptop shipment during the design and manufacturing phases, there's nothing you can do about it.
- djsumdog 9y agoIf the government really wanted to spy on your, they can just install custom UEFI over USB before it ships to you (cause I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't sign any random firmware cause the gov asked them to coughcoughStuxnet). Vault7 shows they could infect Samsung TVs with just a USB stick. It's a little harder with a laptop with TPM, but not that much more so.
- dogma1138 9y agoYou can infect any computer when you have physical access what's the point?
- sliken 9y agoThe only tampering microsoft is worried about is users installing linux.