On 09/07/2017 02:40 PM, pixel fairy wrote:
sun microsystems, now part of oracle, used capsules with beads and adhesive to
detect rough handling in shipment. have not seen anyone else adopt that.
purism was looking into this as well. tamper proof tape is easily defeated. i
suggested glittery nail polish and a signed photograph on a login page and sent
in email to the buyer.
As always I would like to remind people that purism isn't worth the
money, their laptops are simply quanta rebrands with a few slight
improvements that one can do themselves for much less money - their
relentless pursuit of the latest intel hardware means they will never be
free.
your best bet is show up in person. dont even think about lenovo unless its
2013 or before and you trust its previous owner. they already shipped too much
malware, even in bios, out of the factory.
I would suggest a Lenovo G505s, it is owner controlled (no ME/PSP or
code signing) and mostly open source with coreboot (the blobs can be
open-sourced as there is no code signing anti-features) - and it
supports Qubes 4.0.
Reflash the firmware and you would be fine, other than that I highly
doubt anyone on this list is even remotely on the radar of an
organization that would have both the technical abilities and the
authority to subvert a letter carrier - one needs a warranty to
intercept USPS first class, priority and expressmail and they take their
jobs more seriously (whereas it is much easier to bribe FedEx Home's
"independent contractors" aka the gig economy scam)
Why do you guys use qubes anyways? (feel free to message me off list) I
can't understand why everyone is so paranoid - I only use it for the
personal security pride as an IT person I would feel silly if I had poor
security and got hacked despite having nothing worth stealing.
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