Collaborate Disseminate
I had written an OS installation image to USB to be launched on untrusted PC. Can the untrusted PC modify USB’s installation image, for example Windows 10 image, so that when I plug in the same USB to another computer, it may rewrite the f… Continue reading Can USB installation stick rewrite any firmware inside my PC?
I need to enable hybernation to the LUKS-encrypted drive. My /boot partition is unencrypted hence it stores all kernel images as well as kernel parameters in unencrypted form. For hybernation to work I should specify where the swap file st… Continue reading Is specifying resume_offset for hybernation to LUKS-encrypted drive safe?
I will be publishing a fingerprinting app that shows its user how much access to their Android phone’s identifiers it has. I haven’t started writing it because I need to understand how can any Android phone be identified by using only its … Continue reading Retrieving Android phone’s identifiers
I want to buy a pair of Bluetooth earbuds like these for use with my phone:
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Bluetooth-Canceling-Headphones-Earphones/dp/B09P38XS9M?th=1
I want to know if devices like this potentially have the ability or hav… Continue reading Do bluetooth accessories assure personal privacy?
I use LUKS encryption on my entire drive. Do SSD drives ship with any storage areas which store unencrypted data, even though the data is saved encrypted on user-available SSD storage?
Maybe inside the over-provisioning area, the DCO (Devi… Continue reading Does an SSD store software-encrypted data in unencrypted form somewhere?
I use LUKS to encrypt all sensitive data on my computer. If I switch to using a filesystem with on-the-fly data compression such as ZFS, should I use its compression feature together with LUKS? Does compression here help the attacker as in… Continue reading Does filesystem compression aid cryptanalysis?