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Re:Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Note... by xorcist on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @03:32AM (#16865442)
What kind of NSAware are you worried about, and why do you think buying new would lessen those chances?

While a refurbisher could potentially insert malware, they're not going to do it for the NSA.

Old Thinkpads are also generally well supported by libreboot/coreboot, so that's one less attack vector to worry about.

Re:Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Note... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @04:15PM (#16870757)
Oops. Textual screwup. I meant less NSAware as a plus for the older laptop.