/tech/ - Technology★

>>852351 (OP)

Well, for Intel ME shit there's the HAP bit that can be set in the flash descriptor that disables it. Otherwise, the best ways to communicate with operatives in the field are number stations, either on the internet or over radio, or by pen and paper and encrypting the messages for one time use. If I were in charge of some government agency that does this stuff, I would unironically give my spies Libreboot laptops running Debian with the disk encrypted, and have them take cyanide capsules if caught so that they don't reveal the password, and because torture is shit, even if you're trained for it.

>>852356

good idea.

I think most cianigs that are trained for torture are usually trained on how to divert the hosts attention and avoid the torture entirely. besides america hates its people. what use would it be to offer someone for ransom?

not like they would be able to negotiate anything unless it was nuclear launch codes or anything else top secret or q-level.

>>852356

are you a ham radio person?

>>852356

>debian

hardened gentoo*

>>852495

>not openbsd

well fug :D

Because the bezel is so easy to replace?

>>853158

an ipad?

>>852351 (OP)

>x61

>15 years after 700c

>first generation

(inaudible kek)

>>852356

>Debian

You spelled Devuan wrong

>they don't reveal the password

Encryption key on a microsd card that can be easily destroyed. Even if they know the password, it's useless since the key is gone.

>>853164

An iPad with Loongson CPU custom logic board running hardened Gentoo with WM disguised as iOS interface.

Are all of the people in this thread 9 year olds?

>>852351 (OP)

Im sure there are non-mainstream better alternatives, minimum requirements would be

>non-backdoored CPU

>physical killswitches for microphone, camera, wireless card

>TEMPEST attack shielding

>good EMP shielding

>MIL-STD-810 or comparable dust, temperature and water resistance

Other than that i can't think of other features an /operator/ laptop would require. Maybe some sort of inbuilt chemical contraption to self-destruct the SSD, and some sort of protection against cold-boot attacks.

>>853653

how would you use the laptop inside of that trash can though? and how is tempest shielding visible on the outside?

>>853685

>quad core 2ghz

maybe i should just save up for ivy bridge architecture

>>852356

fax ,achines

Doesn't matter since all is botnet anyway

>>855556

Hello agent FUD, o-genki desu ka?

A used/found/stolen one you will destroy later.

>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/26/lenovo_thinkpad_fingerprint_manager_vulnerability/

thinkpads are gr-

>>853401

SD card can be lost or stolen. An SD card where the key is encrypted with a passphrase should be decent enough though: the agent having the SD card can reveal the passphrase while destroying the SD card without compromise, or suicide even while in possession of the SD card without giving it away.

>>858625

It's just some proprietary windows software. Not that you should use fingerprint readers anyway.

Doesn't really matter. DoD employees have their own live distro (LPS) on a thumbdrive and don't store files locally. They probably won't bother giving them a laptop unless they're deployed to bumfuck nowhere, in which case there are much higher priorities than theoretical hardware weaknesses. (Reliability, drop safety, battery life, etc.)

32 pi zeros up the anus

>>858897

What is better, swap (if possible) the palmrest for one without a fp reader, or just leave the existing one even if not using fp so potential thieves might be thwarted off by the sight of the fp reader?

>>858897

Are there confirmed cases of fingerprint data stored in those readers' chips becoming compromised? Is there a software-based way of getting them out of the chip?

>>852351 (OP)

Iliterally any machine. the less consumer botnet trash (post 2003 intel, (((U)))EFI, etc) the better

wtf is homebrew

>>852356

>just set the turn off botnet flag XD