Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity(arstechnica.com)
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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/
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> 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.
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.
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.
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.
We used DeepFreeze in our smartboards, It would lock onto a disk state and until unlocked would revert the system back to the locked state after every shutdown/reboot.
I dont believe it.
really interesting, and scary!
https://hannesweissteiner.com/pdfs/frost.pdf