Notices by Micah Lee 🔑 (micahflee@mastodon.social), page 17

@resist_berlin Sorry, what does my honeypot laptop research have to do with the misogynist organization Wikileaks? Why are you talking to me?

@Maltimore 😂

@taoeffect yeah, it was fun

I learned a lot about hardware hacking and got to use free software BIOS tools like chipsec, EUFITool, and flashrom.

It was a lot of fun! I go into much more technical detail in the article.

I installed Debian on the laptop. Before each trip, I removed the hard disk and took checksums of the partitions and the disk header. I also dumped the BIOS firmware. After each trip, I did the same, and compared to see if they matched.

I hoped that, if an evil maid attacker tried tampering with my laptop, I would not only discover the attack, but learn how it works, and possible who was behind it. Unfortunately (fortunately?), I didn't discover any evil maids.

For the last two years I've carried a honeypot laptop with me every time I traveled. I checked it in my luggage, left it unattended in my hotel rooms. After each trip, I did forensic analysis on the laptop to detect if it had been tampered with.

I wrote about my experience and methodology here: https://theintercept.com/2018/04/28/computer-malware-tampering/

Hello friend ~*~

I just spent several days reading the most disturbing neo-Nazi bullshit, and my mind kind of needs a shower. But here is the result:

How Rightwing Extremists Stalk, Dox, and Harass Their Enemies https://theintercept.com/2017/09/06/how-right-wing-extremists-stalk-dox-and-harass-their-enemies/

👋 long time no toot

@necrosis yay, that's great! (Although I think I'm too late to download whatever you were sharing)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is More Dangerous Than Trump https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-more-dangerous-trump

@tcarioscio I agree, encrypted email is a huge pain for most people. ProtonMail is a fine choice for people with small threat models

I just made a second dev release for OnionShare 1.1. Anyone want to test it out and let me know if you find any issues?

https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/releases/tag/v1.1.dev2

@necrosis hey Robin, I just made a new dev release, 1.1.dev2, which I believe should fix this problem! Can you test it for me?

https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/releases/tag/v1.1.dev2

@mig5 thank you! Those were great PRs, I just merged them