Are used Thinkpads compromised? What's the safest used

>>59901772
as well as new ones
https://github.com/Cr4sh/ThinkPwn

>>59901772
https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x220/

They may be CUMpromised, compromised though, in what way do you mean?

>>59901785

obviously new ones are compromised so i left it out of op

and if not factory direct theyll be intercepted

>>59901797

hardware compromised or firmware reloaded with compromised firmware

>>59901772
you could simply flash libreboot

>>59901816

there's much more firmware on a laptop than the bios

>>59901865
like what?
I can think of the disk controller and not much else
I always assumed replacing the boot firmware meant you were pretty much golden

>>59901946

hd, wifi, ethernet, usb controller

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>>59901772
>Does safety exist?
No. Even if you install Libreboot and disable the ME, you still have hard drive controller boards with flash storage containing firmware that can and has been compromised. If the CIA niggers can't attack the CPU or the main board or the OS, they'll go after connected devices like hard drives and flash drives. The NSA has been known to intercept your mail and solder fun surprises to the mobo, so don't even think about ordering laptops online. If all else fails, the CIA niggers will then move on to your router and other connected devices like phones and tablets, or anything else that has a mic/camera and can be tapped into. Welcome to 1984, cunt.

>>59902161
the hdd firmware exploit only allows them to hide data though
and you can always replace the hdd, no?

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>>59902182
Would you even know when you're compromised? You'd need to open the drive and use JTAG to dump the questionable firmware, then compare a hash of that to a hash of known good firmware. Otherwise, the CIA niggers could be in your hard drives right now.

>>59902209
and they can't do anything with the hdd alone
besides, I really wouldn't mind them as I got nothing to hide :^)

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>>59902235
>they can't do anything with the hdd alone
Except use it to exploit other things, including your operating system, otherwise they wouldn't spend the time or the money they do on developing such things.

>I got nothing to hide
You have nothing good to say either, so shut the fuck up. Cucks give up their right to free speech.

>>59902264
>Except use it to exploit other things, including your operating system, otherwise they wouldn't spend the time or the money they do on developing such things.
Source?
The only thing I know they can do with it is hide data there

>>59902283
All you had to do was search for it.

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/nsa-firmware-hacking/

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-nsas-undetectable-hard-drive-hack-was-first-demonstrated-a-year-ago

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/17/kaspersky_labs_equation_group/

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>>59901772
>buy a refurbished X220 5 years ago
>still works well
>mfw