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.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    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·
      7 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.