Cheap & silent mini PC for Bitcoin node & blockchain explorer?

[ABCbits]

How is that possible? I only know pagers from nurses and firefighters. Actually, I don't even know what the heck it is but as I read the information, it's a very old device and there is no place for it in 21th century when there are smartphones.

It's not just the problem with pagers, m0ssad infiltrated supply chains coming from all over the world, and more devices with batteries are now exploding, including phones and walkie talkies.

And i thought Pegasus spyware is insane.

I have a trust issue today. I can't trust my 14th gen i9 or RTX 4090, I believe that they have backdoors.

Few people have been saying that since Intel introduce Intel ME (Management Engine) in 2008.

[LoyceV]

I have a trust issue today. I can't trust my 14th gen i9 or RTX 4090, I believe that they have backdoors. That's why I prefer to use my very old computer as a cold wallet for Bitcoin. There is no guarantee that old hardware doesn't have issue but I believe I can trust it more because back then it was an innovation and development was the major motive for companies.

Luckily, you don't need an i9 to run a cold wallet. Even better, since a cold wallet will never go online, even if the hardware is compromised, it can't get online. That's why you use a cold wallet in the first place: to rule out all possible attack vectors.
As long as your random generator isn't compromised. But you could use dice throws for that. Good luck compromising those.

[DaveF]

Just as an interesting comment to the exploding radios and pagers. They were able to be attacked BECAUSE they were old and secure.

ICOM the maker of the radios has not made the one model that was targeted for 10 years. Parts were scarce so it was easy to create fake parts, most likely battery packs, and sell them. Why, because you could not get them from the original source.

Same thing with pagers, there are no 'large name brand' companies making them anymore. Yeah, the sticker on it may say 'mega corp' but they are being made by some 3rd party under license.

Could have just given them all Galaxy Note 7. No need to add explosives :-)

-Dave

[dkbit98]

Just as an interesting comment to the exploding radios and pagers. They were able to be attacked BECAUSE they were old and secure.

They are manufactured even today and name of the company is publicly known as Gold Apollo that is based in Taiwan.
Interesting fact is that m0ssad killers were doing this operation for 15 years, so it's not something new, and I can only imagine what they are doing with smartphones, computers and chips that are all coming from China/Taiwan.
We can have very silent PC nowadays until they stop being silent

Could have just given them all Galaxy Note 7. No need to add explosives :-)

Anything with lithium batteries is a ticking time bomb and fire hazard.
Here is just one example:
https://youtu.be/LB5dsF440us