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If you're assuming the attacker has physical access to your laptop, you can also assume they have access your USB stick. Even the article admits this is a prob
by decode 17y ago
If you're assuming the attacker has physical access to your laptop, you can also assume they have access your USB stick. Even the article admits this is a problem:
"somebody who can get access to my Disk Hasher USB (e.g. when I’m in a swimming pool), can infect it"
- zargon 17y agoAre we talking about maids or spies? Compared to a laptop, USB sticks are easier to keep in your wallet, lock in a safe, hide, swallow, etc. So I disagree with that assumption. A maid would need quite a lot more resources to track down both the laptop and the usb stick than the laptop alone.
- pyre 17y agoI agree. People are still thinking of 'USB Sticks' as the actual pen drives out there. Think of how small microSD cards are. There are USB microSD readers that barely the size of the USB connector itself. That's so small it's scary... and take the actual microSD card out of the reader and it's even smaller. I could probably hold it in the side of my mouth while swimming in the pool if I was really paranoid.