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I find it fascinating that glitter nail polish has such high tech applications. I don't think the threat model really applies to me, but I'm tempted to get some
by yosito 4y ago
I find it fascinating that glitter nail polish has such high tech applications. I don't think the threat model really applies to me, but I'm tempted to get some glitter nail polish to use for tamper detection on my devices just for the privacy nerd status symbol.
- amelius 4y agoProbably NSA is developing a glitter copier as we speak ...
- JohnBooty 4y agoYeah. Random glitter pattern recreation simply doesn't seem that hard to duplicate given NSA-level resources. 1. Lay down a blob of nail polish that's color-matched to the original. Use a 3D or inkjet-like additive printing method that allows you to closely approximate the shape of the original blob along all 3 axes. 2. Physical glitter can be inserted into, or printed onto, the replica blob during this additive printing. Given a budget of tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars, it seems extremely do-able. The results would of course only withstand a certain level of scrutiny. The recipient would possibly (likely?) need some kind of microscopic analysis to detect this fraud. However it certainly seems possible (given aforementioned state-level backing) to have a high chance of fooling the victim, especially if the victim does not have state level resources. The best bet might be for a company like Librem to employ a variety of these cheap antiinterdiction methods. Glitter polish, colored vacuum-packed rice, etc. Layer them when applicable, and randomly alternate the ones that are mutually exclusive. Each method, while defeatable, poses a fairly significant time and resource burden on the interdictor.