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the problem with security is that being too secure gets you on a list, unless it's part of your job.
The other problem is stuff like the Intel Management Engine. You could buy a CPU or laptop with it disabled, but the NSA can collaborate with Intel to easily produce pretend-old CPUs and laptops with IME pretend-disableable and sell it to people like System76 as if it's actually old, disableable CPUs/laptops. There's no way to tell the difference between these modified CPUs and legitimate ones, and both surely get you on a list.
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