I am Inference, a cybersecurity researcher based in United Kingdom.
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I write about my research and experience in cybersecurity and also physical -security. Most of my postings are security-related, but I occasionally post -about other aspects of my life.
-I am an open source advocate for the preservation and modifiability of
-source code. I believe source code should be considered human knowledge as
-much as past knowledge and teachings were; it is how modern humanity
-survives and runs.
-Source code being modifiable allows it to be adapted
-for use by anyone, whether to add features, harden it for increased security
-and/or privacy, or provide accessibility for disabled users.
-I am also a modular design advocate for the ability to securely and
-robustly make changes to hardware and software without the entire system
-being affected.
I am Inference, a cybersecurity researcher based in United Kingdom.
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I write about my research and experience in cybersecurity and also physical + security. Most of my postings are security-related, but I occasionally post + about other aspects of my life.
+I am an open source advocate for the preservation and modifiability of
+ source code. I believe source code should be considered human knowledge as
+ much as past knowledge and teachings were; it is how modern humanity
+ survives and runs.
+ Source code being modifiable allows it to be adapted
+ for use by anyone, whether to add features, harden it for increased security
+ and/or privacy, or provide accessibility for disabled users.
+ I am also a modular design advocate for the ability to securely and
+ robustly make changes to hardware and software without the entire system
+ being affected.
| Type | +Software | +Description | +Source model (License) | +
| Operating system | + + + Gentoo Linux |
+ Gentoo Linux is a highly modular, source-based Linux-based operating system
+ which allows vast customisation to tailor the operating system to suit your specific
+ needs. There are many advantages to such an operating system, with the most notable
+ being the ability to optimise the software for security, privacy, performance,
+ power usage; however, there are effectively unlimited other use cases, or a
+ combination of multiple use cases. + I have focused on security hardening and privacy hardening, placing performance below + those aspects, although my system is still very performant. Some of the hardening I + apply includes stack protection, signed integer overflow wrapping, and GrapheneOS' + hardened_malloc memory allocator. + You can find my personal Gentoo Linux hardening configuration + here. |
+ Open source + + (GPLv2) |
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| Type | +Software | +Description | +Source model (License) | +
| Operating system | + + + GrapheneOS |
+ GrapheneOS is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened, secure-by-default
+ Android-based operating system which implements extensive, systemic security
+ and privacy hardening to the Android Open Source Project used as its base
+ codebase. Its hardening includes closing gaps for apps to access sensitive
+ system information, a secure app spawning feature which avoids sharing address
+ space layout and other secrets AOSP's default Zygote app spawning model would
+ share, GrapheneOS' own hardened memory allocator (hardened_malloc) to protect
+ against common memory corruption vulnerabilties, hardened Bionic standard C library,
+ and local and remote hardware-backed attestation (Auditor) to ensure the OS has
+ not been corrupted or tampered with. GrapheneOS only supports devices which receive
+ full support from their manufacturers, including firmware updates and device-specific
+ updates, long support lifecycles, secure hardware, and overall high security practices. + For an extensive list of features GrapheneOS provides, visit its + official website. |
+ Open source + + (MIT) |
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#2 - Untrusted: The Issue with Decentralisation
-#1 - systemd Insecurity
-#0 - FOSS is Working Against Itself
-#2 - Untrusted: The Issue with Decentralisation
+#1 - systemd Insecurity
+#0 - FOSS is Working Against Itself
+Whenever possible, use the following contact methods;
-they allow verification to mitigate man-in-the-middle attacks,
-have solid security, and reasonable privacy.
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Use the keys for each contact method to verify my devices. -Note that verification does not verify a person, only their devices, -and can be defeated via coercion or other force.
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-If metadata leakage is an issue for you, you can use the following -contact methods. Note that these services do not have verification -functionality, and will be treated as less secure; unless you really -need to use these services, use a preferred method instead.
-The following contact methods do not utilise end-to-end encryption, -or I do not use such functionality; they are suitable for public contact -only, including directly and groups. Do not use these methods if -confidentiality and/or privacy is required.
-Whenever possible, use the following contact methods;
+ they allow verification to mitigate man-in-the-middle attacks,
+ have solid security, and reasonable privacy.
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Use the keys for each contact method to verify my devices. + Note that verification does not verify a person, only their devices, + and can be defeated via coercion or other force.
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+If metadata leakage is an issue for you, you can use the following + contact methods. Note that these services do not have verification + functionality, and will be treated as less secure; unless you really + need to use these services, use a preferred method instead.
+The following contact methods do not utilise end-to-end encryption, + or I do not use such functionality; they are suitable for public contact + only, including directly and groups. Do not use these methods if + confidentiality and/or privacy is required.
+Updated: 2022-08-03 (UTC+00:00)
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-Whenever possible, open the links to pin the fingerprint directly from this -webpage. If that is not possible, manually verify the fingerprints.
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+Whenever possible, open the links to pin the fingerprint directly from this + webpage. If that is not possible, manually verify the fingerprints.
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+ These repositories contain source code which is used on my personal
-systems.
-No guarantees are made that they will work correctly on your systems, and they
-are not targeted towards a public release.
-Usage of these repositories is at your own risk.
These repositories contain source code targeted towards a public release and -are suitable for a wide range of systems.
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- -These repositories contain source code which is used on my personal
+ systems.
+ No guarantees are made that they will work correctly on your systems, and they
+ are not targeted towards a public release.
+ Usage of these repositories is at your own risk.
These repositories contain source code targeted towards a public release and + are suitable for a wide range of systems.
+- Website
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