[mattdotc]

I have a hard time trusting either Glasswire and Antilogger without seeing the source (especially since you mentioned possible backdoors in the same breath as your recommendation).

Your first link looks like it's just a pack of local policies, so I suppose there's some value, if that's the case, for people who don't want to go through with learning how to set that up.

[steeples]

It might be closed source, but that does not equate to 'bad'. It doesn't contain too many smaller parts it is easy to analyze what the binary is doing. It does attempt to update, but this behavior can be blocked. Binary blobs do not have to be a black box, and it is trivial to open up Antilogger in OllyDBG and see what it is doing under the hood. It might sound like I'm fumbling around in the dark here, and I admit I am; but Antilogger is one of the first ten programs I install on a fresh Windows install.

Regular electronics consumers are not going to buy a Thinkpad with FreeBSD on it, and then house the laptop in a Faraday cage to airgap it. It. Does. Not. Happen.

[emodendroket]

> Regular electronics consumers are not going to buy a Thinkpad with FreeBSD on it, and then house the laptop in a Faraday cage to airgap it. It. Does. Not. Happen.

Nobody said it would but "regular electronics consumers" also aren't reading this thread and don't have much to do with the post you're replying to.