[Replicant] The Way GCHQ obliterated Guardian's laptop may have revealed more than was intended

Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli GNUtoo at no-log.org
Wed Sep 30 20:29:16 UTC 2015


On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:06:15 -0400
Bob Summerwill <bob at summerwill.net> wrote:

> Have you guys seen this fascinating article?
> 
> https://theintercept.com/2015/08/26/way-gchq-obliterated-guardians-laptops-revealed-intended/
That is the kind of things that you learn by learning how hardware
works when working on low level software like coreboot, and maybe
Replicant too.

There is also lot of tricks that you can do with some knowledge of such
projects.

Also, when free software is on such flash memories, that permits you to
easily do many tricks, like booting GNU/Linux from your BIOS flash,
booting from an ISO on an http server on the web, trough the WiFi
network. You can even boot on a 100% encrypted HDD.

The possibility are limited only by hardware, software support, and
your imagination.

Denis.
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