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Does it have built in storage? If not, could you just buy a second hand SSD, swap it and use that one and put back the original SSD when you return it?
I believe I experimented with that before. Like I said I don’t want to risk much with this device. Their network is actually solid (it was set up by kids in the networking class not just it) and they would detect it. It did just occur to me that I could remove the Wi-Fi card then remove the files with Linux so that it couldn’t phone home, but I don’t know if it would log the files missing. Do you think that would work?
It would really depend on the device. It would be possible to phone home, even analyze which files might be missing and report that. Whether that's how it works or not would depend on the device.
They didn’t notice it missing last year, but they have made changes. It used to not auto install its extension on librewolf but now it does.
What’s the consequences for getting caught? Even if they do detect you messing with their install image, what are they going to do about it besides tell you to put it back? Unless they’re going to make you go for psych visits over software removal, it seems to me you may as well just try it and find out.