DHS makes this sound like it's not a done deal, but if it is, I expect a massive spike in the sale of Chromebooks.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dhs-bans-laptops-large-electronics-europe-u-s-flights-article-1.3153743?cid=bitly …
No, backdooring has to balance risk of getting caught (both criminal liability and revealing your backdooring technique).
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Deanonimization is still an issue - connects your devices' MAC to your passport.
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Are there still systems not doing mac randomization?
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Also, only backdoor "scrubbed" laptops - with a freshly installed OS and properly erased discs. Those are the suspicious ones.
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They're also the ones belonging to people who will immediately RE your backdoors or hand the laptop over to someone who will.
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So, the hunt for the first DHS tampered laptop is on! I expect a big "it wasn't us, it was the Russians" on discovery :-)
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Yes, I expect it to happen. Just don't expect them to give away their secrets to anybody who flies with a laptop.
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It's stupid to install your backdoors in non-targets who might find & publish them.
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No criminal liability for "matters of national security". Not to mention POTUS sacking head of FBI. 1/2
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Again there's matter of being a non-target. Wiretapping without warrant is criminal act.
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As far as exposing the technique, fair enough. Laptops are much less standardized, compared to high end phones - no "universal hack" 2/2
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