New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?

Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?
516 by coderatlarge | 436 comments on Hacker News.
"Compromised" meaning that malware hasn't been installed or that it's not being accessed by malicious third parties. This could be at the BIOS, firmware, OS, app or any other other level.