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If you're using a macbook, isn't "Find my mac" enough to erase remotely?, I understand this is a faster disabling mechanism but also a bit inconvenient. I wish there was something even easier, like a tiny usb drive with a remote control
With FindMy I can erase or mark as lost my Macbook in under 20 seconds from unlocking my iPhone if needed.
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It was logged in and running when they snatched it. Hence why a breakaway mag connector and dead-man shutdown script might have been helpful.
In this case that may not have been useful, assuming law enforcement knows about the cord. Law enforcement will plug in a mouse jiggler (simulated moving USB mouse), having the script detect rogue USB devices and shutting down at that moment would add another layer of protection. I saw that solution a few years back... Maybe this works doubly well for devices with USB and USB-c power connections now... Since law enfo…
I don't think a mouse jiggler would help. A dead-man script would force a fast, ungraceful OS halt. Maybe after emptying some caches and wiping memory.
Couldn't you just pair your computer with your phone (or something that you keep on you) via blue tooth, detect the loss of signal, and then trigger whatever action you'd like to trigger?
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I suppose if the drive is encrypted and requires a passphrase at boot, it's effective for FBI raids, etc.
Whenever I read stuff like this I am forced to wonder just what the fuck people are doing that they feel such a pressing need to hide their data from law enforcement. I mean, I have plenty of things to hide just like any other reasonably interesting person, but none of it is outright criminal.
Maybe a smartwatch reading the heart rate of the owner and noticing stimulation could trigger the same functionality as well.
Do any phones have a tether like this? Or use some other mechanism to guess that possession may have changed and autolock?
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I suppose if the drive is encrypted and requires a passphrase at boot, it's effective for FBI raids, etc.
Whenever I read stuff like this I am forced to wonder just what the fuck people are doing that they feel such a pressing need to hide their data from law enforcement. I mean, I have plenty of things to hide just like any other reasonably interesting person, but none of it is outright criminal.
Or politics (see Watergate), or being a public defender, or environmental activism, or... the list goes on.
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Ross Ulbricht, who was apprehended at a public library while logged in to various accounts. As I recall a plain clothes agent distracted him while others then tackled him. ("would've", not "would of")
According to the book "American Kingpin", they had worked their way into the administration staff for the Silk Road, and used the site admin IM chat to ensure that he was using his laptop and actually signed into his account before rushing him in the library.
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It's not quite ready to go, but it's doable with TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/VeraCrypt%20Hidden%20Operating%2...
Why is it not ready to go? I used truecrypt hidden systemvolume years ago? I do not anymore, but did it decreased?