For example I don’t know if a cheap mini PC like the GMKtec G5 would be more likely to have firmware/driver related security flaws over a more standard PC like an older Dell Optiplex from Staples.

Maybe there is something else entirely I am overlooking. I’m not sure. Most of the complaints I’ve heard are in regards to mini PCs containing bloat and potentially malicious things installed.

  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    You install your own windows? Do you really know if the pre-installed windows gets deleted?

    This one seems to be easy to manage. Formatting the disc seems easy to do.

    • viking@infosec.pub
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      3 months ago

      Deleting all existing partitions via the installer is already enough. Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

        Partitioning does not wipe things.

        It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.

        • viking@infosec.pub
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          3 months ago

          That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.