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>A colleague of mine purchases fresh laptops for when he goes overseas and then never uses them again. He doesn't even work in an industry where commercial secr
by rastapasta42 12y ago
>A colleague of mine purchases fresh laptops for when he goes overseas and then never uses them again. He doesn't even work in an industry where commercial secrets are common. I'd hope that anywhere that features security implications or commercial secrets would also act at this level.
IMO that's an overkill. Why not just use ICloak [1] or Tails [2]? They are both Linux distributions which boot from USB stick without touching hard drive, randomize MAC address and give you access to Tor and other goodies.
[1]: https://icloak.org/ https://icloak.org/
[2]: https://tails.boum.org/ https://tails.boum.org/
- DanBC 12y agoCustoms officals are agents of another, sometimes hostile, power. If your risk assessment says you're worried about AoHPs then you can't trust your computer after they've had it in their possession.
- marssaxman 12y agoWhat are "AoHPs"?
- ptaipale 12y agoNever heard the term, but by context I would guess "Attack on Hardware Platform" or some such.
- miander 12y agoI think the bigger concern (which has been backed up by recent research) is that there are vulnerabilities in the hardware that might be exploited to install malicious software. If that software lives in a BIOS or a hard disk firmware wiping your hard disk will not protect you.