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It still works to hinder that guy who sits at the coffee shop trying to man-in-the-middle attack people connected to hit fake wifi. If you want a system that c
by hmottestad 11y ago
It still works to hinder that guy who sits at the coffee shop trying to man-in-the-middle attack people connected to hit fake wifi.
If you want a system that can hinder a government doing that, or a large organisation, or a corporation. Then look elsewhere.
Do you remember to wipe your hard drive when you get your computer back from the repair shop? They could very well have installed a new root CA without you noticing....
- tokenizerrr 11y agoI always recommend people to take out the hard drive before sending it in. This has caused some small issues, but most stores don't seem to mind as long as you are very explicit about telling them.
- 0x0 11y agoI wipe before AND after, if I have to hand the computer in for repairs. :)
- snowy 11y agoI agree it works against most adversary's. Wiping your HDD might not be enough: https://blog.kaspersky.com/equation-hdd-malware/ https://blog.kaspersky.com/equation-hdd-malware/ Theoretically you could hide malware in your GPU, USB, FireWire, webcam, NIC, baseband, Bluetooth, where ever. No matter who you are or how smart you think you are if your adversary is determined and has the required resources they are going to get you.
- anonbanker 11y agoSSL: Even in 2015, still more concerned with the local neighborhood boogeyman then Government intrusion.
- hmottestad 11y agoTLS
- anonbanker 11y agoas if it were less guilty of the same crimes.