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Deep Dives assessment

12 questions on the episodes in Deep Dives. Pass with 10 or more correct (80%). Your answers are checked by the site’s server. Once you pass, every question shows the right answer and why. Until then, you’ll see which questions you missed and the episode that covers each one.

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  1. Question 1 of 12 · D01Why is the kit optimized against passive collection rather than targeted, active collection?
  2. Question 2 of 12 · D02A VPN tunnel is well obfuscated but was bought on a personal credit card. Which of the three properties does it lack?
  3. Question 3 of 12 · D03A user buys a new phone to shed an old tracking history, but keeps the same Cape number. What does the swap achieve?
  4. Question 4 of 12 · D04What does disabling 2G on the kit's phone actually accomplish?
  5. Question 5 of 12 · D05A locked kit phone is seized but not yet imaged. What does its auto-reboot timer buy in that situation?
  6. Question 6 of 12 · D06You switch to low-signature mode, turning the router's VPN off. Which statement about DNS is right?
  7. Question 7 of 12 · D07In low-signature mode, a hotel sees the laptop's tunnel as high-volume UDP/443. What does that traffic still reveal?
  8. Question 8 of 12 · D08Why does the Rationale call minting a fresh, full persona for every trip an anti-pattern?
  9. Question 9 of 12 · D09Your operational contacts could be actively targeted, toward tier three. What does the tie-breaker say to do with the operational channel?
  10. Question 10 of 12 · D10Why does the build order push irreversible events, like the first tower attach, onto neutral ground after all the reversible setup?
  11. Question 11 of 12 · D11The residual-risk register lists eleven risks that remain after the kit's controls. Which does it call the dominant real-world risk, and how is it handled?
  12. Question 12 of 12 · D12Plain WireGuard keeps traffic confidential. Why does the kit still reject it as a low-signature layer?

Episodes in Deep Dives

  1. D01The Threat Model: What a Privacy Kit Protects, From Whom, and Why Narrow Is a Feature
  2. D02Encrypted Isn't Private: Confidentiality, Attribution Resistance and Low Signature
  3. D03The 5 Design Principles Behind a Privacy Travel Kit
  4. D04What Your VPN Can't Hide: IMEI, IMSI, SS7 and 2G Explained
  5. D05BFU vs AFU: What Protects a Phone That's Been Taken
  6. D06What the Hotel Sees: Two Travel Router VPN Modes, and Where DNS Goes
  7. D07QUIC, DAITA, Multihop: What VPN Obfuscation Actually Buys
  8. D08Identifiers: What Rotates, What Can't, and the Persona Trap
  9. D09Signal vs SimpleX vs Molly: Trust Models Matched to the Relationship
  10. D10Doctrine as a Control: Irreversible Moments and Build Order
  11. D11The Residual-Risk Register: 11 Risks a Privacy Kit Writes Down
  12. D12Rejected Designs and Upgrade Paths for a Travel Privacy Kit