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GMKtek? These boxes are inexpensive, but also are known sources of malware from China, no?
by startupsfail 2y ago
GMKtek? These boxes are inexpensive, but also are known sources of malware from China, no?
- amanzi 2y agoAh - interesting, I hadn't seen that news. Appears that the Windows version they bundle with some PCs can be dodgy. I've never used Windows on these - I put in a new SSD and install Linux.
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- startupsfail 2y agoFirmware is also a vector. Particularly with Intel’s CPU remote management layers. Maybe this wouldn’t affect ARM that much, that CPU is more obscure and with low volumes is a less of a target of interest (in the context of PC systems). But with more obscurity you wouldn’t even know where basic and most likely exploits can be based.