Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-28 Thread raahelps
On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 10:48:00 PM UTC-4, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 10:31:42 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org > wrote: > > > You can get a motherboard that has a removable bios chip that you can just > > > snap in to replace, Then call the company

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-28 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 10:31:42 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > You can get a motherboard that has a removable bios chip that you can just > > snap in to replace, Then call the company and have them send you one or > > two to hold onto for emergency lol. There is also mobos

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-28 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 9:51:10 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > Yeah, Joanna is seriously epic. > > Upon that, we can all agree. > > Everything she designs or writes up, seems bang-on (and wonderfully > informative) in this increasingly security-threatened world we're living

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> You can get a motherboard that has a removable bios chip that you can just > snap in to replace, Then call the company and have them send you one or > two to hold onto for emergency lol. There is also mobos with dualbios, > most ly this is for bringing a bricked board back to life. I actually

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> Yeah, Joanna is seriously epic. Upon that, we can all agree. Everything she designs or writes up, seems bang-on (and wonderfully informative) in this increasingly security-threatened world we're living in. She's probably just a fictional character created by the NSA to mesmerize and lure us

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 4:27:01 PM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com wrote: > How about Google Chromebooks which have a system to auto-restore the OS if it > thinks it's been tampered with..? > > Or what about a read-only BIOS in the first place..? > > Is there any reason BIOS can't be

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread neilhardley
Yeah, Joanna is seriously epic. How about Raspberry Pi..? That seems to have very few components. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> How about Google Chromebooks which have a system to auto-restore the OS if > it thinks it's been tampered with..? Doesn't that imply trust in Google, who is known to cooperate with NSA and such (as required by US law)? I have had serious problems with a hacked Android phone, and the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 3:35:54 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > >> wipe/re-install other than > >> > >> 1. Hard

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com > wrote: >> If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should >> wipe/re-install other than >> >> 1. Hard Drive / Operating System >> >> 2. BIOS This also brings up the question of BIOS vs. EFI, which

[qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com wrote: > If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > wipe/re-install other than > > 1. Hard Drive / Operating System > > 2. BIOS > > Is there anything else that a hacker could possibly infect