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soupbowl 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SSH certificates: the better SSH experience

The place you buy the thumb drive is also a stranger that can't be trusted.

akerl_ 4 months ago [–]

This kind of paranoia isn't productive.

Terr_ 4 months ago | [–]

It was productive enough for the NSA and FBI when they were intercepting equipment deliveries and installing backdoors in them.

A USB stick that can secretly remember any file that looks like a key file or certificate would be very easy.

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