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> Bootable DVD though? Really? In light of recent events involving the NSA and leaked documents, yes. A bootable DVD. Really. For some heavy-duty discussion o

> Bootable DVD though? Really? In light of recent events involving the NSA and leaked documents, yes. A bootable DVD. Really. For some heavy-duty discussion on the withertos and wherefores, take a quick gander at a recent thread, over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642 Remember that part where GCHQ stormed the offices of The Guardian, and took an angle grinder to one of their laptops? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-fil...

wtallis 13y ago
Still, why not just use a USB drive? DVDs are painfully slow compared to flash drives.
falcolas 13y ago
In light of the recent NSA revelations, I'd want to use Linux, not Mac, for an ephemeral offline OS. Of course, Schneider uses Windows, so to each his own.
- nwh 13y ago
  Offline means nothing in a world where NSA slides reference jumping airgaps with hardware backdoors.
  - gohrt 13y ago
    How exactly will their hardware backdoor transmit its secrets back to the NSA? By sneaking out your apartment backdoor?
    - nwh 13y ago
      If you'd read any of the background on it rather than down voting me, you'd know!
- qwerty_asdf 13y ago
  And I definitely agree with you on that. Just sayin'...