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Floppy disks used to have a physical means of preventing writing to them. No software could bypass that, no matter what. It had to be flicked physically and manually by a human being.
Modern SD cards and SD card converters have a physical … Continue reading Why did they stop adding physical "write protect" mechanism?
I’d like to be able to identify licenses plates as they enter our cul-de-sac. My question is triggered by a comparison between an Arlo Pro 4 and an iPhone 12. The iPhone produces extremely high quality images and I think acceptable for w… Continue reading Expectation of surveillance camera vs iphone. Resolution vs field of view [migrated]
I need to safely dispose of about 30 federal folders. That means 95% of the documents will be shredded and the rest stored. I bought a small shredder for private people (professional shredders are too expensive) and now I see that the effo… Continue reading As a private individual, cleanly destroy a large number of paper documents. Are there alternatives to the consumer shredder?
I watched a documentary where hackers entered a victim’s house by pretending to be from the ISP and then connected a box to a router in order to spy on all of the victim’s traffic. Later, the hackers retrieved many passwords, e.g., iCloud … Continue reading What is the name of the box that hackers connect to a router in order to spy on all your traffic?
The question is mainly stated in the title. I was wondering what kind of attacks can be launched on such a setup, where someone has access to a running OS with locked screen (needs password for the user to enter). One possibility I can thi… Continue reading What type of attacks can be carried against an OS with FDE, if we assume OS and FDE are implemented correctly?
Whenever I leave my computer for the bathroom or anything inside the living space, I press WinKey + L to enter the "Lock Screen" mode. (If I go outside, I turn it off completely.)
Let’s say that somebody is in my house. I lock my… Continue reading Does Windows 10 read/run/care about USB devices plugged in "Lock Screen" mode?
I’ve seen this question: Is it possible to determine if the BIOS has been modified between two points in time?
On my Linux PC, I’ve made a script that checks the MD5 hash of the boot partition to prevent evil maid attack. Also it check the… Continue reading Detecting BIOS changes on PC
As a junior security candidate I am under the impression of all these misleading videos and SEO enriched articles full of some of the same copy and pasted top results and really need a better under standing or a foundation for better exper… Continue reading After hardening Windows, Macintosh, and a Linux flavor which is truly toughest?
What are the best practices to be followed to maintain security in the manufacturing site where camera phones are allowed?
I’m working on one of the largest manufacturing facility where few of the R&D/IT/HR team sits in the same shop f… Continue reading Allow the use of camera phones in the manufacturing facilities; but then how do I maintain the security of the premises
I have been asked to investigate what capabilities exist within Windows 10 where the environment for this system is isolated. I believe it would not be able to benefit from an enterprise security management and cloud data management (suppo… Continue reading Windows 10 Cybersecurity on Stand-Alone Computer