[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

Ah, the catch is I myself do not watch TV. So I wasn't going to leave computers where they weren't wanted. Since the intended users didnt like them and I myself dont watch TV they got moved to the rack and other uses were found. If I really wanna watch something my friend has a Plex server I'll pull up on my browser. That's where I pretty much just watch Star Trek.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    After entering duress pin, it dumps you to the bootloader and informs you the boot image is corrupted/inaccessible, and your only option is to reinstall the OS and set it back up from scratch

    So yeah, graphene basically throws massive flags that its been wiped, but only on the first boot

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago*

    If your remote host changes and you don't know why, and login anyway, it's on you.

    Dirty trick tho, could definitely have caught me if I was in a lazy mood.

    Side note, why ssh over 22 anyway? It's so easy to change just to avoid lazy bots.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I had an oppo phone like a decade or more ago, where i made a fake phone profile that unlocks with a different finger print. I used it when i hand over the phone for something. But in a shithole country like the US i doubt that would hold up, because it would be suspicios. Hell, i bet my phone would be suspicious, because i have no social media or bloat ware on my phone.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

    Fingerprinting can usually identify you uniquely. So even if only two people in the world were using NoScript, it would still be more private than getting fingerprinted.

    Edit: btw I'm talking about Javascript fingerprinting. Other methods like HTML and CSS are far less effective and rarely seen in the wild.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    I mean you can, but, this all hinges on the unconstitutional powers ICE will use to try and access your phone, up to and including as this gentleman has demonstrated blocking access to legal counsel. I think what this user is recommending is a dummy profile that can be accessed by people without giving away that there are other profiles; giving ICE the pin to a dummy profile would just allow them to see in profiles that you have a parent profile that they would then ask for access to, continuing your illegal detention.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Hmm. I'd say do it on your main user, but anyone with two brain cells could go to your users and swap over. Not that your average ice agent doesn't have them competing for third place, though. A sub profile would also have the same. I wonder the viability of, instead of a suicide pin, if you had a dummy pin: Input the dummy pin to load a dummy profile only.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago

    Falls along the lines of oil execs shredding information when the feds walk in to bust them. The idea is sound when they're not trumping up terrorism charges for someone who opposes a cop training facility in their town.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    That wouldn't have even given him plausible deniability. They already knew most of what to expect on his phone, My guess is they had someone on the inside and also had a strong dossier of his communications. They were looking existing evidence. and new stuff.

    From a SIGINT standpoint, they know when and where you use your phone; they know when you sleep, and likely have a pretty good picture of who you're talking to before you become a person of interest enough to want to scan your phone.

    When they check your phone and the data/times don't line up, they'll confiscate it, detain you for as long as they can, and either crack it or wait for a zero-day.

    It's not a horrible idea, it might stop someone from getting detained while they hold the phone.

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