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You're absolutely right that it would be almost impossible to detect a malicious device in one of those components. But a few things come to mind: 1. If you're
by slivym 8y ago
You're absolutely right that it would be almost impossible to detect a malicious device in one of those components. But a few things come to mind:
1. If you're that paranoid, don't plug stuff in to your USB ports EVER.
2. If you're going to put a malicious device in this thing, connecting it to VConn isn't a good idea - since you'd have to be hoping that whatever you've plugged into is insecure at a hardware level in quite a specific way that there's no evidence of.
3. There seem to be easier ways to hack visitors to singapore - like getting physical access to their laptop.
- craftyguy 8y ago> 3. There seem to be easier ways to hack visitors to singapore - like getting physical access to their laptop. In the US, it's as easy as Customs giving you a choice: 1) sit in a room indefinitely or 2) let them take your device into another room for an hour or so. Definitely a case of this: https://www.xkcd.com/538/ https://www.xkcd.com/538/
- noir_lord 8y agoI've zero intention of ever visiting the US (partially because of shit they pull like your post) however if for some (incredibly unlikely) reason it's absolutely unavoidable I'll not be taking any electronics with me at all or taking something cheap and cleanslate that will be binned when I get back - essentially I treat the US as having the same threat model to visitors as China - well done whoever thought up those policies.
- flukus 8y ago> 1. If you're that paranoid, don't plug stuff in to your USB ports EVER. If you''re that paranoid then is any consumer hardware safe these days? Almost undetectable hardware could be slipped into to just about any device and they're mostly manufactured in a country hostile to personal freedom or countries under their influence. The future is probably riscv style open hardware but that will need to be combined with local fabrication facilities.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago> The future is probably riscv style open hardware but that will need to be combined with local fabrication facilities. The big question is whether RISC-V is open enough for such purposes.