"Isn't a laptop wireless hardware switch simpler?"
No, it only provides one-third of the functionality that is required to fully
secure the radio: This is the situation at the moment:
1. A hardware switch for the motherboard.
2. A software combo switch which you must engage after bootup to
Edward Snowden and a hardware hacker have developed plans for a hardware device
to monitor wireless signals on the iphone6. This lets the user know whether the
phone's radio/s are actually on or off as it can be hard to tell otherwise. (He
even mentions an anit-evil maid aspect to the design.)
There are some people - like Eva Star - developing some apps/scripts for
Qubes. I would like to make a couple of suggestions for coders who might
like a development challenge.
* A GUI applet for the CLI program "rfkill", that is enabled on the desktop
(or management console) by default to
There's a new air-gapped security distro that is just CD-sized and loads into
RAM. It also recognises the threat of wirelessly leaked data. Unfortunately,
it's only bitcoin-focused, but it is Debian-based and has a web browser, so it
could be useful.
https://bitkey.io
--
You received this
If you remove the wireless module from a laptop, then connect a USB wifi
adapter (or bluetooth adapter) to a USG and plug the two into the laptop, could
a (future?) USG act as a hardware firewall for the wifi device (or bluetooth
device)? For example, Deter MAC address scanning? Deter
Uber has released an open source privacy tool for databases that could be of
interest to Qubes users.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/07/uber-unveils-new-privacy-tool-that-protects-individual-user-data/
https://github.com/uber/sql-differential-privacy
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.09479.pdf
--
Microsoft has found malware that targets Intel's VPro technology:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-uses-obscure-intel-cpu-feature-to-steal-data-and-avoid-firewalls/
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"qubes-users" group.
To
some considerations:
* Raspberry Pi, beagleboard, USB armory, etc are very low-powered devices (in
both CPU & RAM). So running Qubes software on them at a productive speed will
be a challenge.
* You're saying that laptop hardware specs are a problem for users. But
remember we had the problem
There is a new type of secure encryption developed by IBM that has been
open sourced. It will soon be available for Linux. Unlike other encryption
types, this one allows users to query data and receive info from it without
having to decrypt it or reveal the user's details like location, etc. It
