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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by coldtea on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:57AM (#19564418)
Why wouldn't a rented laptop be trustworthy?
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by freehunter on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:13PM (#19564586)
Because it's someone else's hardware, someone else's software, and someone else's firmware.
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by cyphar on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:41PM (#19564845)
To be pedantic, unless you flashed coreboot it's not your own firmware and if you aren't using an open hardware laptop then it's not really your hardware either.
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Re:Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airpo... by OJFord on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:54PM (#19564956)
But you can have a bit more trust in the supply chain to get to you than that it hasn't been tampered with afterwards.
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