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banking-apps-compat-report
Report and track banking app compatibility with GrapheneOS, including which workarounds may be required.
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1vyrain
LiveUSB Bootable exploit chain to unlock all features of xx30 ThinkPad machines. WiFi Whitelist, Advanced Menu, Overclocking.
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tpm2-totp
Attest the trustworthiness of a device against a human using time-based one-time passwords
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safeboot
Scripts to slightly improve the security of the Linux boot process with UEFI Secure Boot and TPM support
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silk-guardian
<< Silk Guardian >> is an anti-forensic kill-switch that waits for a change on your usb ports and then wipes your ram, deletes precious files, and turns off your computer.
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Phone is about to stop being yours
It does. They obscure the usage of non-free hardware/firmware by not shipping it as part of the OS, but as a bundle on separate flash storage that is loaded into the OS by initrd.
https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/blob/master/blobs/librem_...
https://forums.puri.sm/t/the-librem-5-blob-list/28815/25
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F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026
Perhaps you are right, and the hardware attestation is more reliable on a Pixel. However, doesn't it rely on proprietary hardware, unlike Heads? coreboot with Heads is not the same as Qubes AEM. Heads is updated regularly: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/
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Another Crack in the Chain of Trust: Uncovering (Yet Another) Secure Boot Bypass
Fortunately there's a FLOSS alternative: TPM with Heads, https://osresearch.net/. Works for me.
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Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system
How about Heads?
https://osresearch.net/
https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/what-makes-heads-so-great-when-...
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How to verify boot firmware integrity if you prioritize neutralizing Intel ME?
It was difficult to make a title because of char limit.
when you use me_cleaner to neutralize intel ME, it also removes TPM. TPM is required for boot verification technologies like Heads or AEM. So you can't use Heads/AEM and me_cleaner, you have to choose one and in this case we choose to prioritize me_cleaner.
Heads: https://osresearch.net/
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Thinkpad W530 No GPU output
I downloaded the VGA ROM for my Thinkpad W530 for both the Intel IGPU and Nvidia Quadro K1000M using this and configured the build config to use them with the correct PCI ports (8086,0166 10de,0ffc). Everything works fine except the output for both the VGA and the mini DP port. Does anyone have any ideas of what I could be missing here?
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Can i make full disk encryption more convenient or should i just use an encrypted home dir?
You may be interested in Heads, which is available on Purism laptops under the name PureBoot. Though this really needs a coreboot-capable machine, I think, and isn't something you can just add to your existing UEFI boot chain.
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Getting LUKS, Btrfs, Hibernation and Swap file working in tandem
You don't need to encrypt anything to verify those images, you just need to sign them. See how Heads does this.
https://github.com/osresearch/heads
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Live OS needs a new name, what should it be?
Unfortunately there is also the Heads secure firmware: https://osresearch.net/ as well. Otherwise my vote would go to Heads. Liive OS could be pretty hard to optimize in a search engine, they'll think it's misspelled. Could call it "Miles" and just never ack the reference...
- Heads: Minimal Linux that runs as coreboot payload to provide secure environment
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