whoops, sry guise
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Michael Altfield 🛡️
@MichaelAltfield
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🐧 #Linux Hacker. 🔑 #Security Guru. I write articles about #opsec, #privacy, and #devops. 💙 #OpenSource 💾
PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/
Oh, and if you delete your account? It doesn't delete your uploaded photos. And good luck getting your instance admin to delete it; it requires a manual db query, api call, and — oh, none of this is documented? Welcome to my #fediverse #GDPR nightmare 💣🤯
Guide to Finding & Subscribing-to Popular #Lemmy Communities
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/
Lemmy is a fedderated #reddit alternative that's exploding as users migrate from reddit
Secure Boot to Heads: A brief history of #Linux Boot Integrity
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/02/16/evil-maid-heads-pureboot/
How @[email protected] uses the TPM for trusted boot measurements #infosec
Trusted Boot (Anti-Evil-Maid, Heads, and PureBoot) - Michael Altfield's Tech Blog
This post will help to provide historical context and demystify what’s under the hood of Heads, PureBoot, and other tools to provide Trusted Boot. I will not be presenting anything new in this article; I merely hope to provide a historical timeline and a curated list of resources. Intro The Librem Key cryptographically verifies the system’s integrity and flashes red if it’s detected tampering I’ve always felt bad about two things: Because I run QubesOS, I usually disable “Secure Boot” on my laptop I travel a lot, and I don’t have a good way to verify the integrity of my laptop (eg from an Evil Maid that gains physical access to my computer) To address this, I have turned to Heads and PureBoot — a collection of technologies including an open-source firmware/BIOS, TPM, and a USB security key that can cryptographically verify the integrity of the lowest firmware (and up the chain to the OS). While Purism has written many articles about PureBoot and has some (minimal) documentation, I found they did a lot of hand waving without explaining how the technology works (what the hell is a “BIOS measurement”?). So I spent a great deal of . . . → Read More: Trusted Boot (Anti-Evil-Maid, Heads, and PureBoot)
Just discovered that my old #cycling blog is the #1 site on the #darknet (when sorted alphabetically) 🤔😂
Source: Ahmia's .onion Directory https://ahmia.fi/address/
Considering #crowdfunding your hardware idea? 🤔💡
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2022/10/20/crowd-supply-review/
Here's my behind-the-scenes breakdown of the 16-month campaign to kickstart my #startup selling @BusKillin via Crowd Supply 🚀
