Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

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BLKNSLVR•about 4 hours ago

> Even Meta

I thought Meta had been leading this charge for a decade if not longer.

Need a separate burner-style device for Internet browsing these days (these days meaning the last 15-odd years).

What software systems allow for 'freezing' a system in a particular state, and then upon each reboot returning to that 'clean but configured how I want' state?

I used to use some software called Reboot Restore (or something like that), but that was way long ago and may only work for Windows.

puppykito•23 minutes ago

Sounds a lot like a immutable filesystem à la Fedora Silverblue. I don't run it myself but I have a friend who does that saves her a lot of the headaches I've encountered while messing with Arch. Of course it's Linux so if that's a deal breaker then don't.

Also there's plenty of software that avoids changes in disk drive after reboot (for library computers and such). Don't know any example sadly.

Fizz43•about 2 hours ago

I dont believe it.

efilife•about 2 hours ago

The paper:

https://hannesweissteiner.com/pdfs/frost.pdf

hereticles•about 4 hours ago

really interesting, and scary!

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

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