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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-10 22:42:08 (EST) |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-10 22:42:08 (EST) |
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diff --git a/docs/security/x60_security.html b/docs/security/x60_security.html index 33ccb6d..515c8fc 100644 --- a/docs/security/x60_security.html +++ b/docs/security/x60_security.html @@ -45,28 +45,12 @@ </h1> <p> Most people think of security on the software side: the hardware is important aswell. - Hardware security is useful in particular to journalists (or activists in a given movement) who need absolute privacy in their work. - It is also generally useful to all those that believe security and privacy are inalienable rights. - Security starts with the hardware; crypto and network security come later. - </p> - <p> - Paradoxically, going this far to increase your security also makes you a bigger target. - At the same time, it protects you in the case that someone does attack your machine. - This paradox only exists while few people take adequate steps to protect yourself: it is your <b>duty</b> - to protect yourself, not only for your benefit but to make strong security <i>normal</i> so - that those who do need protection (and claim it) are a smaller target against the masses. - </p> - <p> - Even if there are levels of security beyond your ability (technically, financially and so on) - doing at least <i>something</i> (what you are able to do) is extremely important. - If you use the internet and your computer without protection, attacking you is cheap (some say it is - only a few US cents). If everyone (majority of people) use strong security by default, - it makes attacks more costly and time consuming; in effect, making them disappear. + work. </p> <p> This tutorial deals with reducing the number of devices that have direct memory access that could communicate with inputs/outputs that could be used to remotely - command the machine (or leak data). + command the machine (or leak data). All of this is purely theoretical for the time being. </p> <h1 id="procedure">Disassembly</h1> |