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If one's threat model includes state actors that target that person then all regular methods are useless. The best we can do is to protect against passive attac
by hdhzy 9y ago
If one's threat model includes state actors that target that person then all regular methods are useless. The best we can do is to protect against passive attacks and that's where PGP, double ratchet schemes, Tor etc come in handy.
- pdimitar 9y agoTrue enough, sadly. Still doesn't mean we shouldn't push back with the means we have in our hands. Open-source firmwares might be a VERY good first step in that direction (one of the reasons I am replacing my ASUS router with Mikrotik; another being that ASUS routers are laggy pieces of crap, even those that cost north of $200). Also, we all know about Intel ME, right? It's baffling how most people using PCs have hardware-level backdoor and the world hasn't lost its shit. It's a very sad epoch we live in. :( A solution right now is to simply not get on the state adversaries' bad side, maybe. And utilize the blockchain for anonymity, I guess.