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2026·04·18 What it changed about my other machines Last in the six-post series on the Covert Cyber Deck. The deck as catalyst, not destination — what designing and living with it changed about how I look at my work laptop, my home network, the firm's estate, and the boards I advise. cyberdeck · reflection · governance · sovereignty 6 min 2026·03·14 Living with it: the costs of offline-first Post five of six on the Covert Cyber Deck. Honest notes on using the slate as a daily driver for several months. What I gave up. What surprised me. Where the bargain felt good and where it felt silly. cyberdeck · craft · honesty · sovereignty 7 min 2026·01·24 What I deliberately left off Post four of six on the Covert Cyber Deck. Every component is a question. These are the things I chose not to include — Bluetooth on the management plane, a camera, GPS, cellular, several others — and the single question that flushed each one out. cyberdeck · subtraction · privacy · craft 7 min 2025·12·20 Where I trusted, where I didn't Post three of six on the Covert Cyber Deck. The supply chain decisions behind the build — why I chose the parts I chose, why I rejected several I considered, and why I ended up drawing the carrier PCB myself rather than buying one. cyberdeck · supply-chain · craft · sovereignty 7 min 2025·11·22 The threat model, written down Post two of six on the Covert Cyber Deck. The threat model I have spent the last month writing down — what I am protecting against, what I am not, and why putting it in plain English changed the rest of the build. cyberdeck · threat-model · privacy · sovereignty 6 min 2025·10·18 Building a machine I can fully describe First in a six-post series on the Covert Cyber Deck — a portable slate I am building around a Pi CM5, two SDRs, a custom carrier PCB, and a hardened Ubuntu. The argument is not the hardware. It is what designing it forces you to think about. cyberdeck · privacy · sovereignty · craft 6 min

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