hi
I dont know much about the raspberry pi but it looks like I will need to use one soon. I am buying a used raspberry pi. when I buy used laptops I reinstall windows from a usb stick to make sure any possible spyware is wiped out. with the raspberry pi, do I need to do anything to make sure whoever sold it to me is not spying on me? from what I understand the operating system is on a micro sd card. if I am using my own micro sd card, or if I format any possible micro sd card that the seller includes, I should be ok as far as spyware, right? is there anything else I need to look out for, software wise or hardware wise?
I dont know much about the raspberry pi but it looks like I will need to use one soon. I am buying a used raspberry pi. when I buy used laptops I reinstall windows from a usb stick to make sure any possible spyware is wiped out. with the raspberry pi, do I need to do anything to make sure whoever sold it to me is not spying on me? from what I understand the operating system is on a micro sd card. if I am using my own micro sd card, or if I format any possible micro sd card that the seller includes, I should be ok as far as spyware, right? is there anything else I need to look out for, software wise or hardware wise?
Statistics: Posted by rosskane — Thu Nov 20, 2025 5:49 pm