/tech/ - Soyence and Technology

>tails os usb wristband
I don't like Tails because it includes too much 3rd party software which allows it to be exploited (see that operation where a feds deaninymised a drug dealer by exploiting a 0-day in the gnome video player). Also, includes proprietary firmware. However, it's still significantly better than any distro (You) likely have installed, so it's not the worst advice. I'm not sure why you need the wristband just carry the usb like a normal person
>flipper zero
Not sure how you'd use that to "vanish online". It's fine to have one if you have a use for it but it's a toy, if you're serious you're better off using something like a hackrf +proxmark3 (for device cloning).
>travel router
Seems good if you have firmqare such as openwrt on librecmc installed, which you ahould have on all routers you use.
>programmable smartwatch
I still do not understand why anyone would never need a smartwatch. Better than proprietary alternatives I suppose but still unnecessary.
>kiwix+offline wikipedia
Good, it allows you to archive not only wikipedia but also other mediawiki wikis, programming docs etc. i myself use this program (https://github.com/birros/web-archives) instead of Kiwix because the Kiwix app is bloated, including the entirety of qt6 webengine (chromium), whike web-archives relies on the lighter gtk webkit.
>ipod classic
Definitely better to listen to your music that way rather than spotify but i personally opted for a more mininalistic mp3 player.
>pi-hole and unbound
Good, nothing to complain about here.
>framework laptop
Dogshit, ships with intel boot guard which means you cannot install libreboot/canoeboot on it, therefore making you forever cucked.

>>40104
I appreciate your effortpost

>>40104
yeah, no fucking idea why the framework team didnt go with coreboot considering they heccin talk about muh open source bullshit
>archive mediawikis
do dis to the sharty

>>40099 (OP)
i use a glinet router and this guys clearly fucking larping some shit hes never done before except as a "hobby"

>>40129
>Be Framework
>Close source the UEFI
>Solder the CPU, but its OK because you can just swap the entire motherboard. A socket costs 1mm Z height, goyim
>Make new PCIe connection standard #1000 that no one will use instead of something like Oculink or MCIO + DisplayPort
>Thin and light aluminiumslop that will be demolished on the first drop because a 90lb bipoc latinx needs to be able to carry it to class or so you can fit at least 5 in a backpack
>Overpriced, bespoke dongles except inset to take up chassis space
>"Modular" but nothing but the keyboard is hotswappable. Not the battery or PCIe expansion bay on the 16
Truly Indian design at its finest

>>40158
What other laptop do I get then?

>>40169
look up thinkpads that have features you want? then see if a business is liquidating them on ebay for an insanely low price

like don't even decide on a specific model just go by price

for things like
>T490s
>T490
>X1 carbon 10th gen
etc

i7 is way better than i5, so try to get a post-9th gen i7 for less than $300

>>40186
what about other linux computer manufacturers like system76 and others.

>>40190
i don't see the point, i kind of want to just modify an IBM T60p and put a chinese motherboard with some recent cpu instead of a 2007 pentium, then ill have a titanium chasis and 4:3 formfactor

>>40195
I thought the "X210Ai" is the only modern board for an old 'pad

>>40158
i dont get whats the point of framework when any meaningful upgrade will cost you nearly as much as getting a whole new laptop.

i was quite interested in the framework 16 as a desktop replacement until i learned this

What is this soyboy trying to sell me?

>>40104
yeah i use deadsec os on a usb with tails os in a vm in that live enviroment

>>40099 (OP)
Do not use tails, you want to be anonymous on the internet? Dont log into anything A PC doesnt have baseband as long as your not logging into anything theres nothing the feds can do to track that device unless you log into something associated with your identity, phones are tracked via a baseband completely trumping the need for pulling glowops on your traffice,

>The flipper

meme tool thats basically a super universal remote that you need the fucking remote to program unless some autist uploaded the IR codes for you,

>pi hole
>travel router

THE ONLY TWO PIECES YOU NEED ^^^^^
With the travel router you can even setup a DNS tunnel to bypass hotel wifi payment portals (dns is unblockable or otherwise your browser wont know how to connect to the bank and shekelstein wants his payment for wifi)

>smart watch

smash these fucking things with a hammer

>frameworkOS

overpriced trash you want more ports??????
you want more ports nigger???

>pay 9 gorrillion dollars for our modules

vs a 9$ chink super dongle

>>40104
>Smartwatch
<Untraceable
If you need a portable mobile computer, that's a phone. If you want a watch of some kind, get a mechanical or quartz watch with no connectivity whatsoever. Good luck for anyone to get any data out of my watch which has a movement designed in the 60s and doesnt even have a battery

>>42502
I checked out framework laptops and theyre the worst pieces of shit ever. They cost about 1000$ iirc, which is actual work laptop territory, but have the specs of a lightweight laptop that costs 500$ or less. And whats the novelty you get? Proprietary components for fucking everything, and like 4 slots for their retarded lego piece ports. Even a regular cheapo laptop will give you more. I have a stupid Asus laptop that cost about £400 and it comes with more USBC, USBA and HDMI slots in total than the framework can give. The whole point is meant to be more slots but you will probably still have to buy an extension if you actually use a lot.

If you need a workstation, buy a dell or something. Otherwise find a used thinkpad that a company is throwing out for a daily laptop

>>42622
I just stole a laptop and put mint on it geg you do not need this shit

>>42623
Geg, what laptop did you steal KleptoGOD?

You definitely dont need framework doe. I just had a look because it got some attention but its purely for the most regarded goyim to blow a soy-filled load in their pants over because "muh customisable ports"

>>40099 (OP)
ProtonVPN still posts this coal btw

>>42666
mullvadGQDS keep winning

>>40104
tsmt opsec demon

>>40104
>>framework laptop
>Dogshit, ships with intel boot guard which means you cannot install libreboot/canoeboot on it, therefore making you forever cucked.
That is true, except the last part. They are actually somewhat trying, but it's slow and because the company is poor and this isn't their top priority it's even slower.
I've looked into it and coreboot 26.09 which released like 3 weeks ago has support for framework 12, and the core ultra 1 series on frameworks 13 is supported as well. I am not trying to shill them, I wouldn't buy their shit for the price they are trying to give me, but I think they will manage to maybe have coreboot at least as an option while buying?

>>42953
To clarify, you can't buy meteor lake laptop and put coreboot on it, because of intel boot guard, but framework who has access to the keys so they can sign their custom firmware can. Which means that you wouldn't be able to flash your own build and you would still have to trust framework that they aren't spying on you, but it's possible.

>>42956
So what you mean is that it's pointless
>Shift your trust from firmware Jews to firmware Indians

>>43394
If framework would open source their firmware and sign it, then you could compile the thing yourself, check the code yadayada and only thing being different from their distributed binary would be the singed keys. This is how chromebooks work btw, so it's not that unrealistic either. Only thing not being open source would be the keys from intel.
Btw, I actually think this might happen. I have no idea what kind of fee does framework have to pay for that niggerhell of Insyde bootloader bullshit, but definitely a lot, and I feel like it's not worth it when you can just use coreboot which is free and most of the codebase was made by professional google engineers. They also definitely put their own people into it, because they upstream their own laptops support into coreboot as I mentioned before.
Not to mention it will be amazing marketing move towards like "oh look we are using this AWESOME and FREE open source bootloader, suck our penises and buy framework pro for your liver!11!!"

you can have brutal opsec by literally not bringing any technology with you or using any machines.
you know what the best end-to-end encrypted messaging software is? speaking to someone in real life without any phones or electronic devices around

>>43475
tsmt niggas overcomplicate opsec so much
>get this pixel for 1,200 US shekels and put graphene os on it for good opsec!1!1!1!
it's a fucking smartphone it's going to spy on you no matter what niggerware rom you have on it just get a nokia flip phone o algo for basic messages and calls blackberry phones used to be good but they got raped. e2ee is good unless the feds are on your ass because they sure as hell have a way to get past a 30 year old technology by this point but then again nothing beats in person conversation isolated from technology