(re-)mount home [and other?] with noexec (and nosuid [among other useful mount options]) for better security?

[Patrick]

Dealing with File System Timestamps

This thread is for researching ways/tools to workaround the creation filestamp problem which can leak a lot of info about a files origin and whistelblowing timeline: Jeremy Rand: In some cases, opening and resaving a file can help, but that will only set the “modified” time field. A lot of filesystems also store a “created” time field, which will not be affected by opening/saving. Also, some file formats will actually leak additional info about what software opened them if you open/resave the…