mox to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agoCourts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the borderreason.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1604arrow-down1external-linkCourts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the borderreason.commox to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
Coming from a district court, I think this ruling could be appealed, but it’s welcome news nevertheless.
minus-square@bluemellophone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months ago“No bunker” Oh, I understand. <wink wink>
minus-squaremoxOPlinkfedilink22•edit-24 months 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-square@funkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink15•4 months agotrying to explain to my wife why we should buy a new phone every time we visit her family
minus-square@this_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•4 months agoIf you really don’t need much room a persistent operating system on a USB stick can be very clutch.
minus-square@ouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink6•4 months 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 SensationalismlinkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months 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/