[kobalsky]

You have to understand that if you don't need this kind of security on your computer, the question wasn't addressed to you.

"just don't do risky stuff on it" doesn't cut it for those who need it.

Leave room for real discussion about the topic.

[michaelt]

I'm not saying you shouldn't do risky things.

I'm saying you shouldn't do things so risky that a squad of spies would get sent to monitor you, learn your routine, pick your house's locks while you're at work, sneak in, dismantle your computer, image your encrypted hard disk, overwrite the bootloader with a special version that will record the FDE password next time you enter it and send it to them, reassemble your computer and sneak out undetected.

Because that's what an "evil maid attack" means, once you've got basic physical security in place.

As I'm not Ross Ulbricht or Julian Assange, I'm willing to take my chances.

[PrimaryAlibi]

I don't think it's such an rare adversary to have. Organized crime can easily have several experienced hackers in their "organization". It's common knowledge that gangs actually do monitor peoples routines who are inside their territory and they do it for several reasons, one of them being to rob your apartment or do an evil maid attack on your computer.

It's also common knowledge that all adversaries view people who have higher security than the average person as a person of interest or a mark. If they are spies they think you don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide and if you are trying to hard to hide then you must have something important to hide. Criminals think if you have security then you must have something valuable to protect.

Also some of the methods described her this thread seem impractical and extreme but one you go down this rabbit hole of security and privacy, you become used to gradually putting in a little more extra effort for better security and privacy. Normal users can't understand how someone can survive with having to toggle scripts on/off with the noscripts extension but for most people who are interested in security and privacy that is easy and effortless like breathing air.