My advice is to not use a computer at all.
Stick to pen and paper.
P.S. You are a fucking stupid fucking moron.
I would suggest that you fashion a hat
out of aluminum foil and wear it firmly
on your head. This way you will stop
wasting the time of rational people.
On Thu, May 10, 2012, at 12:03 PM, mark sullivan wrote:
> >>>If you have concerns with firmwares, swap your card with, for example, an
> >>>atheros or another card that doesn't need a firmware.
> >> Some atheros does use firmware, eg athn(4).
> >Not all the athns. Only USB ones, like the AR9271, need a firmware.
> Mine is an Atheros (athn, I don't know the model now sorry), not USB and
> OpenBSD automatically installed athn-firmware-1.1p0. I didn't even have
> the chance to test if it would work without it. This is the point of my
> complaint. I would have expected OpenBSD to ask me whether I wanted to
> install it and then made my own decision (eg. buy another card or not).
> >If you're really *that* worried you should build everything you use
> from >source after trawling through the source. >Personally I'd be much
> more concerned about all the other components on >your internet
> connection from router to ISP. >Then of course there's your mobile
> phone........... >If you're using a PC you should probably also be aware
> that >there is likely to be bios-installed code which runs in system
> >management mode behind the back of the OS, this is also >proprietary
> and could also affect the network card and all >other parts of the
> machine. Also some of the various management >controllers you might find
> hav!
> e pretty far-reaching capabilities >in this respect. I agree but all I'm
> asking for is maximum awareness. When you know it, then you do what you
> think best. I also think we should make it as hard as possible for
> government agencies to get our data, that means fight for every detail.
> Am I in the wrong forum? This way, at least you know that those that are
> able to spy on you are not morons. After all, if you donB4t care about
> anything, why donB4t you use Windows 7, Ubuntu or OSX? They are much
> easier to configure. >Easiest way to disable the uvideo firmware (and
> any bios video spyware) is to stick black electrical tape over the
> webcam lens. Thanks for those who pointed me out that uvideo was the
> cam. I agree with the black tape approach because I dont use my webcam
> often but this is more annoying with the network card... Thanks Stuart
> for your insightful comments too.
