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Show HN: Tripwire: A new anti evil maid defense

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81 points DoctorFreeman | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 09:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

If you have heard of [Haven](https://github.com/guardianproject/haven), then Tripwire fills in the void for a robust anti evil maid solution after Haven went dormant.

The GitHub repo describes both the concept and the setup process in great details. For a quick overview, read up to the demo video.

There is also a presentation of Tripwire available on the Counter Surveil podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-wPrOTm5qo

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seanhunter ◴[12 Dec 25 16:00 UTC] No.46245358[source]▶
This reminded me of the (real life) story of Oleg Gordievsky, the FSB officer who was a double agent for the west[1]. He was alerted to the fact that the FSB were on to him and had been in his apartment because there were three locks on his front door but he never locked one of them as he didn’t have the key. He came home one day to find all three were locked.

[1] read “The spy and the traitor” by Ben Mackintyre. It’s incredibly gripping and at times hard to believe the courage and perseverance of the people involved but it was real.

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MrBuddyCasino ◴[12 Dec 25 16:08 UTC] No.46245461[source]▶
And if that tickles your fancy, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" [0] is an excellent miniseries from 1979 about a mole in MI6, perhaps the best spy series ever made. I didn't care about the movie much, so don't let this deter you, but Alec Guiness as George Smiley is a perfect match. John Le Carré thought so, too.

Oh and Patrick Steward plays "Karla" the soviet mastermind in this series and its successor "Smiley's People". Just a few seconds, but very memorable, its incredible really.

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080297/

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1. buredoranna ◴[12 Dec 25 16:30 UTC] No.46245704[source]▶
"Smiley's People" remains one of my favorite shows.

If you track it down, I highly recommend watching it with headphones. The sound design is amazing.

The sound of an empty room being profoundly menacing.