What about checking hardware? There's a lot of discussion about protecting against software threats, but not as much about hardware.
What should a person do to check a brand-new laptop for hardware keyloggers or other threats? The author of this page - http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm - claims to have found a hardware keylogger in a nearly brand-new Dell laptop. The author even submitted a FOIA about it. Douglas -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
