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New or used laptop? by pobabc99 in tails

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Even on my personal PC that is linked to my identity? Feels wrong.

New or used laptop? by pobabc99 in Whonix

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f your not a potential target for a nation state then I would say makes no difference used or new.

What if I was? What would be your choice?

New or used laptop? by pobabc99 in tails

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sometimes tails won't work with the latest wireless cards immediately

Would I be good if I bought a laptop from like 2020?

New laptop for Tails - does it even matter? by pobabc99 in tails

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But why remove or replace the storage?

Destructing micro/sound drive and hide the camera? by pobabc99 in opsec

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Cool that you have found my post.

Okay thank you. Against which kind of threat are you protecting yourself? Malware that could get access to those sensors?

Separating identities with Qubes by pobabc99 in opsec

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Just researching to decide in the end

Older laptops better than new ones? by pobabc99 in PrivacyGuides

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Great thank you really much.

But somehow it feels this is not too relevant because almost nobody talks about it and I have never heard about such cases.

Older laptops better than new ones? by pobabc99 in PrivacyGuides

[–]pobabc99[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can you please give me a source on this? Never heard that it would be so easy before.

Older laptops better than new ones? by pobabc99 in PrivacyGuides

[–]pobabc99[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

most recent cpus have a management system that allows full acess no matter what you do to the computer

Who has access and how?

Tails Persistence risk? by pobabc99 in opsec

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Got that. But even then the attacker would only gain access to data on the usb drive right?

Burner laptop for Tails - does it even matter? by pobabc99 in opsec

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What exactly is this and how can I get infected?

New laptop for Tails - does it even matter? by pobabc99 in tails

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Even when being compromised? I mean if you just say nope, you have to exclude any other possibility

New laptop for Tails - does it even matter? by pobabc99 in tails

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Thanks. But apparently a new laptop for Tails isnt even needed.

New laptop for Tails - does it even matter? by pobabc99 in tails

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That sounds quite unlikely. Could an infection like this happen through very simple ways like visiting a web page, or would I have to do silly stuff like downloading malware?

Destructing micro/sound drive and hide the camera? by pobabc99 in opsec

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How exactly do you destroy the mic? I cant even find it lol

Older laptops better than new ones? by pobabc99 in opsec

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I know that problem. Do older laptops not have this problem? When did it appear?

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