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I have just bought a laptop from a private person. I want to use it for installing my cryptocurrency wallets and operating them. As my money is on it, I thought it might be a risk that the person who sold it to me could have infected the laptop with something.
(If I would be hacked my life would be over)
For this reason, I have factory reset it and installed a new OS (Qubes + Whonix). Is there still a risk, or is it the same as I would have bought it in a store?
I have read the rules