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PrimaryAlibi

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About PrimaryAlibi

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    Ask HN: Is discrete TPM worth it? with QubesOS/aem/heads/Intel-me disabled

    I couldn't find info if disabling intel management engine with HAP bit or through bios settings will also disable the firmware TPM or intel TXT. If disabling intel ME doesn't disab…

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    Comment #42597297

    It's fact that it's possible, the question is just if Google is doing it. I know some apps that have been proven to track mouse movement to identify users and prevent botting. They…

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    Comment #42597107

    Everyone reading this should start to contact websites/companies who use cloudflare and tell them in simple and few words that it's a problem and link them to a video or article th…

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    Comment #42597000

    That's same for almost all surveillance/tracking tech. It's always trivial for criminals/abusers to bypass. The surveillance is just about controlling the sheep.

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    Ask HN: Can you avoid being personally identified (and tracked) by recaptcha?

    There is recaptcha v2 and v3. V3 uses V2 if V3 isn't sufficient to identify you. What I mean with identify is fingerprinting. recaptcha collects info on how we solve the recaptcha.…

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    Comment #42437627

    To become a freelancer you first need to be a professional with a lot of work experience. Then you can start doing some freelance on the side and make it grow. It's very difficult …

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    Comment #42437601

    So the charger won't work without the data wire and it could destroy the laptop. It's so crazy because I've seen in these tech communities people saying it's recommended to cut the…

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    Ask HN: Why do laptop chargers have data wires?

    Chargers should only charge, there shouldn't be any data transfer. When it comes to security, we should not give something more privileges than it requires to do its job. Why do la…

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    Comment #42405277

    But my questions aren't extremely general, i even asked very specifically if you are supposed to attach an external programmer to the component like keyboard or cam etc but you can…

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    Comment #42398665

    These are the type of vague answers i said i didn't want because they are not helpful. How do i know if you really know what you are talking about? No explanations or links to sour…

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    Comment #42395387

    How would it be done externally? Is it done same way as flashing the boot rom? You just need to know where the chip is for the other components? No 0-days needed? Or do you need a …

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    Comment #42395214

    I asked about 0-day because I dont think anyone would use that on me. So if I know that it can only be done with a 0-day then I would practically be secure. The first paragraph you…

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    Comment #42395177

    good answer, I will read more about uefi bootkits and blacklotus. It also reminds me that recently bootkitty uefi bootkit was in news. i saw a video about it a couple days ago. Is …

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    Comment #42394928

    I think most people already know that air pollution is bad for health. The question is how big part in all these deaths did the air pollution have. Are those face masks people use …

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    Ask HN: Too theoretical for hackers to flash your firmware excluding boot ROM?

    Most computer components have firmware otherwise they wouldn't do anything. This means that firmware exists in more than just the boot rom. This topic excludes the boot rom because…

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    Comment #42394812

    I have been making youtube videos for a long time on many different accounts. I don't know what else to say except try to choose topics that youtube won't give you trouble over so …

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    Comment #41456294

    I think you have the same problem either way. NSA (most likely) recently was caught for putting backdoor in IOS. It doesn't matter how big the brand is. Unfortunately it comes down…

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    Which hardware parts in a laptop should/can you verify before buying?

    Verify hardware for what? Malware, spyware, backdoors. This question/topic isn't meant to go very indepth, its meant more to give an overview or starting point to research further …

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    Comment #41455246

    Yeah I didn't know it was possible because some laptops have the TPM in a seperate chipset than the one that has intel me. I thought they only set the hap bit to neutralize but I l…

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    Comment #41455235

    Maybe I misunderstand you what you mean with a clone of the computer. Do you mean take my entire computer and replace it with a completely different computer that is the same model…

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    Comment #41403709

    I don't think there is any best place but if there was then it would be on an .onion site because without anonymity there will be censorship and people can go to prison. I wouldn't…

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    Comment #41403555

    Do you mean to use VNC to access your data? Because that sounds very difficult to secure and also do maintenance when you are never onsite. The host computer that has your data wou…

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    Counter argument against QubesOS more secure by being a type 1 hypervisor

    Read this first to understand what I'm counter arguing against: http://qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/faq/#how-does-qubes-os-compare-to-running-vms-…

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    Comment #41401216

    I made a mistake when I wrote the post mixing up disable and neutralized but I hoped everyone would understand I'm talking about disabling it.