Applied Paranoia

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Comparison of Payment Methods (eylenburg.github.io)
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I love evelynburg.github.io

This is comparison of various payment methods. In my opinion the most important aspects are: (1) privacy, (2) fungibility and resilience to censorship and expropriation, (3) day-to-day convenience and acceptance.

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Backdooring Backdoors (youtu.be)
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Hacking backdoor backdoors by taking over abandoned C&C domains

Writeup - https://labs.watchtowr.com/more-governments-backdoors-in-your-backdoors/)

Youtube review - Low Level https://youtu.be/ST1frnx-5Nw

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Paperback - Paper archive using Shamir's Secret Sharing of sensitive data (github.com)
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Ideal for archiving important data, such as password vault keys, in case of death information, swiss bank accounts, etc. The key can be distributed amongst trusted parties, so no single person can access, but if they cooperate it could be resurrected.

paperback is a paper-based backup scheme that is secure and easy-to-use. Backups are encrypted, and the secret key is split into numerous "key shards" which can be stored separately (by different individuals), removing the need for any individual to memorise a secret passphrase.

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Fingerprint Hardware Security Keys (hackertalks.com)
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A hardware secure token that requires a fingerprint to unlock adds another factor to your secure authentication.

  • Something you have
  • Something you are

Even if the key falls out of your control, the fingerprint reader would render it useless

yubico

I'm a big fan of yubikeys, they have the bio series with built in fingerprint reader, and now the multi-protocol edition is not only webauthn fido2, it acts as a smartcard/PIV (i.e. ssh keys) Tech Details

The one annoying thing is the multi-protocol version isn't generally available, the fido2 edition is available

feitian

also provides fingerprint fido2 keys, but I'm not familiar with their security reputation https://shop.ftsafe.us/collections/fido-security-key-biometric

others

Any other biometric key options?

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BusKill - Deadman switch for laptops (youtu.be)
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BusKill - A clip on device that when disconnected from a computer will trigger a fail safe event on the computer, such as locking the computer, shutting down, or any script you care for. Totally open source, both hardware and software.

If your a digital nomad or use a computer in public, this might be of interest.

https://www.buskill.in/ https://github.com/BusKill

You can even build it yourself

https://docs.buskill.in/buskill-app/en/stable/hardware_dev/bom.html

If you want to purchase a prebuilt model, they do accept crypto!