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Model: Beelink SER5 MAX Mini PC,AMD Ryzen 7 6800U(up to 4.7 GHz, 8C/16T), Mini Computer with 24GB LPDDR5 RAM 500GB PCIe4.0x4 SSD, 4K Triple Display, WiFi 6, BT 5.4,RJ45 2.5G LAN, Win 11 Pro
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I haven't seen any actual packet inspection deep dives on any of these things, only a few running AV software scans which is not going to catch anything on the hardware level.
There is a very big discussion to be had here about risks, costs, feasibility etc, but at the end of the day, the chances of hardware containing low-level and hardware-level malware being sold on websites like Amazon are greater every day. The technology has been proliferating since the early 10s, we've seen backdoors in name brand consumer-grade networking equipment (TP-Link and Netgear), we've seen bundled OS malware on "name brand" mini (Acemagician) PCs. There is practically zero regulation and protection for consumers today. There are enterprise protections for these attack vectors but they are mostly unavailable to end users.
Pragmatically speaking, if you must to buy these Chinese brands of mini PCs and you want to minimize your risk, the safest approach is to install a Linux distro and assume any data you enter will be compromised. At the very least, installing a clean copy of Windows has a good chance of wiping out software-level malware and generally speaking that's going to be the cheapest and thus most common attack vector - though it may not work if you have firmware that reloads the malware.
It's kind of funny, even companies like HP have been using their own in-house firmware-level malware that auto loads their invasive telemetry into Windows since at least the mid 10s. It isn't super sophisticated but you have to run an agent or scripts to constantly keep it from re-enabling itself.
Just be wary of people telling you to blindly trust these companies, most of them are just parroting things they want to hear.
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I just set up one of these for a client before even seeing this listing. Yeah, it comes with Windows 10 Pro which you can upgrade to Windows 11 Pro like I did.
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There is a very big discussion to be had here about risks, costs, feasibility etc, but at the end of the day, the chances of hardware containing low-level and hardware-level malware being sold on websites like Amazon are greater every day. The technology has been proliferating since the early 10s, we've seen backdoors in name brand consumer-grade networking equipment (TP-Link and Netgear), we've seen bundled OS malware on "name brand" mini (Acemagician) PCs. There is practically zero regulation and protection for consumers today. There are enterprise protections for these attack vectors but they are mostly unavailable to end users.
Pragmatically speaking, if you must to buy these Chinese brands of mini PCs and you want to minimize your risk, the safest approach is to install a Linux distro and assume any data you enter will be compromised. At the very least, installing a clean copy of Windows has a good chance of wiping out software-level malware and generally speaking that's going to be the cheapest and thus most common attack vector - though it may not work if you have firmware that reloads the malware.
It's kind of funny, even companies like HP have been using their own in-house firmware-level malware that auto loads their invasive telemetry into Windows since at least the mid 10s. It isn't super sophisticated but you have to run an agent or scripts to constantly keep it from re-enabling itself.
Just be wary of people telling you to blindly trust these companies, most of them are just parroting things they want to hear.
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Missed the last GMKtec deal but hoping for one on BF.
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I've put about 50 of these in client locations and 3 years in they are rock solid.
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