also never post pictures you took with your phone or snapchat bc idk if yall know this but theres programs out there that you can just put the image in and it tells you the metadata which says your exact location

some guy i know saved pictures from peoples facebook where their "secret" fishing spot was and then used the program to find out where it was

Imagine not knowing how to disable or bypass metadata on a photo

Or imagine posting pics of your "secret" fishing spot. Dumbass😂

*people dont even know what metadata is*

*it's data that flows thru a system of tubes*
In my best old Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens voice😂

Thats some top shelf humor right there gentlemen

Got my Mission Darkness Farady Bag in today. Got it for work, but in case anyone is curious, it blocked all signals from getting to/from my phone. Good if you're trying to stay dark but don't wanna turn your phone off in case you need to be able to access it without turning it back on.

Nice,yea i was looking into getting one myself

If you're that worried about being monitored through your computer, build a raspberry pi with a linux variant and use it for comms and secure storage.

Ooh. I forgot about raspberry pi. Those suckers are cool.

Me: I hope I don't do anything that gets me tracked.

Government:

https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-18068/

Is raspberry pi 2 still good to go then?

I would assume not. But just because they aren't watertight doesn't mean they aren't good.

Interesting. https://hothardware.com/news/researchers-figured-out-how-to-turn-off-intel-management-engine-11-thanks-to-nsa

Just cause you tell it to disable doesn't mean it actually does..

> Just cause you tell it to disable doesn't mean it actually does..
@Bogs_Bunny right, all the firmware is still there.

It would make sense for feds not to want spyware on THEIR computers.

Do you think flashing my motherboard with custom firmware would stop it?

Like Coreboot/Libreboot? Depends on the model.

Core 2 Duo era Thinkpads can be flashed with Libreboot which comes with a true ME disabler

Could I still dual boot my Win10 and Linux? Or do I need some crazy specific OS too?

Linux works, Windows does not unless you are using a virtual machine.

BSD is fine too

Hmm. Sadness. I have two drives in my laptop. One running windows for video games and a very small handful of programs and the other drive running Linux Mint for everyday browsing, working, etc.

Guess I could go with two computers someday.

I'll have to get better with VMs and emulators.

If I sound like a dumbass it's because I have a firm grasp on some things and am clueless about others. Like I literally just learned about PSP and Intel ME.

Nah you're good that's just the way of the world, I'm the same way.

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On a more serious note, I did see something really strange on my trip into Worcester today.
The two gun shops I passed on the way(one small locally owned and a larger one) both had police sitting in the lots. The small one in my town is usually frequented by the local pd so no shocker there, but the other larger shop had a state police cruiser clearly just staking out the lot. MA is NOT gun friendly but seeing that was.....concerning. The Gov just had to allow the shops to open back up, and I clearly got the "intimidation" vibe from the statey camped out