mox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCourts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the borderreason.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1617arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1615arrow-down1external-linkCourts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the borderreason.commox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
Coming from a district court, I think this ruling could be appealed, but it’s welcome news nevertheless.
minus-squareNoble Shift@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down7·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squarebluemellophone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down3·1 year agoCan I tour your bunker?
minus-squarebluemellophone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year ago“No bunker” Oh, I understand. <wink wink>
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-21 year agoI prefer to send electronics to e-waste recycling (or reuse for some task where security doesn’t matter) rather than a landfill, but I’m with you in principle: If the authorities get it out of your possession, the hardware is compromised.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agotrying to explain to my wife why we should buy a new phone every time we visit her family
minus-squarethis_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIf you really don’t need much room a persistent operating system on a USB stick can be very clutch.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoA 512Gb USB is plenty big enough for me to have a travel OS on, with space for extras. Hell, I used to run Puppy Linux on a 64gb USB.
minus-squareMedia Sensationalism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoShouldn’t you also reinstall the boot loader for the same reason as you’d bin the phone? Speak of the devil. This article is from two days ago. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/
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Can I tour your bunker?
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“No bunker”
Oh, I understand. <wink wink>
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I prefer to send electronics to e-waste recycling (or reuse for some task where security doesn’t matter) rather than a landfill, but I’m with you in principle: If the authorities get it out of your possession, the hardware is compromised.
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trying to explain to my wife why we should buy a new phone every time we visit her family
If you really don’t need much room a persistent operating system on a USB stick can be very clutch.
A 512Gb USB is plenty big enough for me to have a travel OS on, with space for extras. Hell, I used to run Puppy Linux on a 64gb USB.
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Shouldn’t you also reinstall the boot loader for the same reason as you’d bin the phone?
Speak of the devil. This article is from two days ago.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/