Re: [Nolug] Cheap BenQ MID S6's, 24/hr only

From: Alex Levy <mrbones102_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:42:48 -0500
Message-ID: <CACxS+Z-BhTEVqw=KS7n69a=r=4jw8AeSdsSj_g-eV6KGwL+7Jg@mail.gmail.com>

Could they even backdoor into a home built image? Lets say you go from the
ground up.... if there is a firmware-like backdoor, could it bypass and go
all transformers mode on you? ie is there really any protection in a case
like that or do you just dealwithit.jpg

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Curtis Smith <kman922002@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it runs red hate probably riddled with crap, but as I said...
>
> If you can generate an image for x86..it will run on this.
>
> Debian, arch, gentoo (rofl), ubuntu, xp, etc so on and so forth.
>
> Also does anyone want to snag one of these for me and pickup cash from
> shogun while I'm at work all day? I'd greatly appreciate it. Shredded my
> debit card last week. Blank check in the wild and not really any way to
> stop it besides locking my account down. Not to mention shogun does not
> offer direct deposit
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my Palm Pixi on T-Mobile
>
> ------------------------------
> On Aug 27, 2012 8:36 AM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org> wrote:
>
> On 08/27/2012 09:16 AM, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > You raise an interesting and scary point... who's to say that the
> Chinese Army
> > isn't backdooring all these cheap little devices we keep seeing?
>
> That ship has sailed:
>
> http://www.techspot.com/news/48817-china-not-responsible-for-us-military-chip-backdoor.html
>
> Of course, as the story points out, sometimes it is hard to tell if the
> "back door" is malicious or legitimate debugging.
>
> But my tinfoil hat is securely attached.
>
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