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Interesting offering, but truly needed? I can get a generic laptop at Best Buy with a reasonable assumption that no one is tampering with it enough to bury OS
by blaser-waffle 6y ago
Interesting offering, but truly needed?
I can get a generic laptop at Best Buy with a reasonable assumption that no one is tampering with it enough to bury OS or firmware hacks. And if you're that paranoid, generic COTS might be an option. I might be missing something, though -- what is the use-case here?
Also, nail polish is a good low-tech solution but now I need to clean glittery stuff of my work laptop. The NSA can find nail polish, too.
Nevertheless, glad to see Purism is still going hard at it.
- nomadluap 6y agoEven if the bad actors found the same nail polish to re-apply after tampering, the pattern of glitter flecks would be different. The recipient could compare a high-resolution photo of the nailpolish to a reference image to determine if the screw had been tampered with.
- crusty 6y agoYes, you can go to any random store that has a Dell laptop you want or whatever and be reasonably confident that it hasn't been tempted with between the factory and your purchase, if that's the specific that you are concerned about. However, if you want a one of Purism's laptops, you can't just go out to any big box store and grab one; there's really just this one purchase of option - shipped by post, and if you are worried about interdiction, it's a pretty risky one you would be reliant to opt for. So Purism is providing an option that mitigates that risk, allowing them to capture a market segment that naturally aligns with their product offering but would likely pass on them without this risk mitigation process.