{"id":39903,"date":"2014-12-13T14:42:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/crowdfunding-a-usb-stick-sized-gnulinux-ready\/"},"modified":"2014-12-13T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T14:42:59","slug":"crowdfunding-a-usb-stick-sized-gnulinux-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/crowdfunding-a-usb-stick-sized-gnulinux-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfunding a USB-stick-sized, GNU\/Linux-ready computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com\/post\/105067912915\/crowdfunding-a-usb-stick-sized-gnu-linux-ready\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">mostlysignssomeportents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/53d0eb8ff370b0bfc891554f5e54bbef\/tumblr_inline_nggmphtrZM1rkw4x1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/bbf64d98e363056fffbe79690e4e33c0\/tumblr_inline_nggmpl1YlF1rkw4x1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/2115b6cb1e36b48ba69d1dfa1a48eb64\/tumblr_inline_nggmpm9BBk1rkw4x1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/66.media.tumblr.com\/e6dd5b8a65a94e28261352e42f5d81e9\/tumblr_inline_nggmponAqa1rkw4x1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A reader writes, \u201cThe USB Armory is full-blown computer (800MHz ARM\u00c2\u00ae processor, 512MB RAM) in a tiny form factor (65mm x 19mm x 6mm USB stick) designed from the ground up with information security applications in mind.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only does the USB Armory have native support for many Linux distributions, it also has a completely open hardware design and a breakout prototyping header, making it a great platform on which to build other hardware.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The project wants $130 per stick, and makes some very exciting claims about security and openness; I asked Bruce Schneier whether he thought this passed the giggle-test and he said, \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s any good, but more transparency is definitely good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Which is a good way of thinking about stuff like this: it may not be secure, but if it isn\u2019t, you can find out by auditing it yourself, or taking the word of someone you trust who\u2019s done an audit, rather than having to take the project founders\u2019 word for it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2014\/12\/12\/crowdfunding-a-usb-stick-sized.html\"><strong>Read the rest\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mostlysignssomeportents: A reader writes, \u201cThe USB Armory is full-blown computer (800MHz ARM\u00c2\u00ae processor, 512MB RAM) in a tiny form factor (65mm x 19mm x 6mm USB stick) designed from the ground up with information security applications in mind.\u201d &ldquo;Not only does the USB Armory have native support for many Linux distributions, it also has a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1537],"class_list":["post-39903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-critical-toys"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PWot-anB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}