For example I don’t know if a cheap mini PC like the GMKtec G5 would be more likely to have firmware/driver related security flaws over a more standard PC like an older Dell Optiplex from Staples.

Maybe there is something else entirely I am overlooking. I’m not sure. Most of the complaints I’ve heard are in regards to mini PCs containing bloat and potentially malicious things installed.

  • viking@infosec.pub
    1·
    16 hours ago

    Deleting all existing partitions via the installer is already enough. Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

      Partitioning does not wipe things.

      It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.

      • viking@infosec.pub
        1·
        8 hours ago

        That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.