Nearly every computer built after 2008 or so is possibly backdoored on a hardware level due to the Intel Management Engine (and its AMD equivalent). But unless you’re committing computer crimes that could arouse interest from the FBI, you’re better off worrying about your password and email security than obscure and unproven methods of exploitation in my opinion.
It should be noted that many laptops with core boot allow you to disable intel ME, such as those from System76 and other Linux hardware vendors. You can also do this yourself either by flashing a custom UEFI like coreboot/libreboot/etc or by using a tool like me_cleaner.
I did this a couple years ago on a think pad t480 using the me_cleaner method and a ch341a programmer. But nowadays that same laptop has libreboot support which is even better. Either way check if your hardware can be modified this way because it grants that extra level of security and privacy
you’re better off worrying about your password and email security than obscure and unproven methods of exploitation in my opinion.
Literally this. Using a password manager (especially a libre one) is a thousand times more effective and convenient than worrying about “something terrible.”
But unless you’re committing computer crimes that could arouse interest from the FBI
I wanna post videos on youtube and I don’t wanna be oonalived
I have reason to believe that certain youtubers are being oonalived for what they post. therefore I would like to post completely anonymously, even though everything I’m posting is legal (that never stopped them before)
and yes the eyf letter-after-Ayyy eye has literally visited me irl
Nearly every computer built after 2008 or so is possibly backdoored on a hardware level due to the Intel Management Engine (and its AMD equivalent). But unless you’re committing computer crimes that could arouse interest from the FBI, you’re better off worrying about your password and email security than obscure and unproven methods of exploitation in my opinion.
It should be noted that many laptops with core boot allow you to disable intel ME, such as those from System76 and other Linux hardware vendors. You can also do this yourself either by flashing a custom UEFI like coreboot/libreboot/etc or by using a tool like me_cleaner.
I did this a couple years ago on a think pad t480 using the me_cleaner method and a ch341a programmer. But nowadays that same laptop has libreboot support which is even better. Either way check if your hardware can be modified this way because it grants that extra level of security and privacy
Literally this. Using a password manager (especially a libre one) is a thousand times more effective and convenient than worrying about “something terrible.”
I wanna post videos on youtube and I don’t wanna be oonalived
I have reason to believe that certain youtubers are being oonalived for what they post. therefore I would like to post completely anonymously, even though everything I’m posting is legal (that never stopped them before)
and yes the eyf letter-after-Ayyy eye has literally visited me irl