Also wanted to mention Tails, but there was no space left for it :p

    • rentar42
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      I know at least one FAANG company that had (has? don’t know) a policy of not using any hardware that was ever used in travel to China. If you had to go there on a business trip, you got a loaner laptop (and got your account severely restricted) and when you got back they wiped and discarded the laptop.

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        Tech, military, politics, banking, a lot of industry and business sectors treat China like that. That cuntry is a fucking black hole for anything regarding security, privacy or fucking freedom. You have to take precautions like that. If you don’t you’re an idiot.

      • Link.wav [he/him]
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        That’s why I always buy a plane ticket to another country before I browse. You think I’m using a VPN? That’s cute.

    • @johnyrocket@feddit.ch
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      Cause environment. Multiple the waste of burner phones (which are also terrible if you only use them for a few calls) also the burner laptop wouldn’t cost much less than a shitty Chromebook, possibly the same thing.