• metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    Change my mind.

    Sure. Even regularly installing a new OS doesn’t necessarily keep you secure if someone wanted to discreetly install malware on your device. In addition to firmware-level rootkits that re-install themselves on fresh OSs (even platform-agnostic ones), it’s possible that someone might interdict whatever hardware is bought and implant it with additional small hardware that compromises it in some way.

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      1 year ago

      They don’t even need to work that hard, just compromise the ME/PSP and do whatever.