> like shredding all the incriminating documents at the US embassy in Tehran.

I think of the pix of those women piecing together documents from mountains of shreds a couple of times a year --once just last week.  IIRC, that's when paper chippers became the new security standard.

Pennsylvania grower starts long slog to orchard recovery
https://www.farmprogress.com/orchard-crops/frozen-out-pennsylvania-grower-starts-long-slog-to-orchard-recovery

>gut/brain

Fecal transplants show success in autism clinical trials, study finds
https://refractor.io/adhd-autism/fecal-transplants-for-autism-delivers-success-in-clinical-trials/

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-can-now-connect-to-your-bank-account-and-see-all-your-transactions-2000759306

What could go wrong? Sign me up.

I've been pulling the old-style hard drive & cracking/hammering/drilling them for some time now. (My eldest daughter says she takes hers to a shooting range and blasts it repeatedly.)
Still, I've counted 12 computers in the house lounging about in various corners, desks, & cabinets. I just wiped content on one and set it up as a travel laptop.

But this was the 1st chromebook I've trashed. I couldn't 100% identify the actual disk (literally smaller than a postage stamp) so I asked Gem, figuring it had to be on the motherboard somewhere. While I was looking at all the chips on the motherboard I wondered if one or two might retain data. I was shocked as to how much was off-disk now.

Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them. ^{-attributed to Jean Cocteau}

The First CVE Wave: Signs That AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Is Reshaping Disclosure Volumes | Blog | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/ai-assisted-vulnerability-discovery


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AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says  | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/11/ai-powered-hacking-industrial-scale-threat-three-months-google

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/05/drought-united-states-la-nina-expert.html

>hoping

I'll have none of that! hhh

AI agents show they can create exploits, not just find vulns
https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/15/ai-agents-show-they-can-create-exploits-not-just-find-vulns/5241453

On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off

https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/15/on-call-techie-decided-job-was-done-and-hit-the-bottle-just-before-his-pager-went-off/5239406

I pulled the motherboard and ran a 4.5" grinder blade over all the surface chips then cut out the drive.  I gashed the drive and put it in the kitchen garbage.

>good news

Yeah, a recent FF update fixed 100+ security issues found by one of the new super-AI LLMs.

>bad news

The flip side is that hackers are using LLMs to find them.

...Acer cp311-2h chromebook, are there any components other than the disk drive that are a security risk?

Gem:
The following hardware components outside of the primary storage drive present security or data privacy risks:

    MicroSD and SIM Card Slots: These expansion ports frequently contain forgotten secondary memory cards or cellular SIM cards that hold personal files, automated backups, or active cellular network configurations.

    Trusted Platform Module (TPM) / Security Hardware: Modern motherboards include dedicated security chips (such as Google's Titan C chip found in Chromebooks). These modules permanently retain unique hardware identity certificates, cryptographic keys, and device-bound tokens.

    BIOS/UEFI NVRAM: This non-volatile flash memory on the motherboard retains low-level system data, including administrative passwords, asset tags, corporate deployment profiles, and local network identifiers.

    Biometric Modules: For devices equipped with fingerprint scanners or specialized webcams, encrypted biometric template data is sometimes stored locally on the sensor module's onboard chip rather than the main drive.

Hardware Structural Note

    Note on the Acer Chromebook 311 (CP311-2H): The primary storage (eMMC) on this and similar compact laptops is soldered directly to the motherboard. Because it lacks a modular, removable drive, securing your data requires a digital wipe of the device or the physical destruction of the entire motherboard assembly.

^{(Ho Lee Crap)}

Debbie says G didn't want to pay for that many AirTags.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/third-major-linux-kernel-flaw-in-two-weeks-found-by-ai/