Feature request: "HDD Airbag" analog
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thinkpad user
Mar 15, 2017, 4:11:26 PM3/15/17
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Feature request: "HDD Airbag" analog
overview:
https://support.lenovo.com/nl/en/solutions/ht003517
list of supported devices:
http://support.lenovo.com/nl/en/downloads/ds015000
is it possible to add this feature to Qubes? or atleast provide some interface to poweroff/park HDD? yes, Qubes requires SSD for good operation, but imo most users like to have SSD + large HDD for media or other content. i believe qubes can be really friendly for not so geeky user, by having such features or atleast providing support so user could write such soft.
Andrew David Wong
Mar 15, 2017, 7:39:54 PM3/15/17
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Realistically, the probability of Qubes implementing this is
approximately zero, IMHO. (Not Qubes-specific, not security-critical,
already not enough time/resources to pursue actual Qubes goals,
missing expertise, world moving away from HDDs, etc.) It should be
implemented somewhere upstream, if anywhere.
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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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approximately zero, IMHO. (Not Qubes-specific, not security-critical,
already not enough time/resources to pursue actual Qubes goals,
missing expertise, world moving away from HDDs, etc.) It should be
implemented somewhere upstream, if anywhere.
- --
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Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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Mar 15, 2017, 8:19:11 PM3/15/17
to Andrew David Wong, qubes-users
i see. well, at least helping info on how one can implement this. the
idea is not only to have one device for multiple tasks. large SSDs are
still not so affordable. regarding practical scenarios for things like
2x2 TB HDDs: local Wikipedia dump. or/and huge Squid cache. imo, it is
better to use local storage than online, even if TOR is used. local KBs
like Wikipedia means almost 100% no one can trace what user researching
and for how long, assuming HW and system has no backdoors to net
ofrourse. low security settings of many TOR nodes turning TOR usage into
a joke, not mention other known attacks. i recall news article about 3
or more governments pursuing readers of wikileaks. imo its impossible
for observer to determine which articles person is reading and when (on
airgaped PC), by only having fact of person's monthly wikipedia dump
downloads (few hundred of gigabytes in compressed state). by observer
right now i mean nonhuman software observers, active 24/7/366, having
access to ISP traffic and possibly to target KB server via backdoors. of
course this is more like anonymity than security matter.
idea is not only to have one device for multiple tasks. large SSDs are
still not so affordable. regarding practical scenarios for things like
2x2 TB HDDs: local Wikipedia dump. or/and huge Squid cache. imo, it is
better to use local storage than online, even if TOR is used. local KBs
like Wikipedia means almost 100% no one can trace what user researching
and for how long, assuming HW and system has no backdoors to net
ofrourse. low security settings of many TOR nodes turning TOR usage into
a joke, not mention other known attacks. i recall news article about 3
or more governments pursuing readers of wikileaks. imo its impossible
for observer to determine which articles person is reading and when (on
airgaped PC), by only having fact of person's monthly wikipedia dump
downloads (few hundred of gigabytes in compressed state). by observer
right now i mean nonhuman software observers, active 24/7/366, having
access to ISP traffic and possibly to target KB server via backdoors. of
course this is more like anonymity than security matter.
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