Until, as Andrew "Bunnie" Hwang has written, we have fully OS CPUs and SoCs (including the pre-boot code which is still proprietary for even otherwise open designs) we can't even begin to trust them.
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 12:22 AM grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/24/18, Steven Schear <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am told, by a very involved developer in this field, that these > concerns > > are a bit overhyped, limited to now outdated Via C3 CPUs. > > Of course this anon developer will say that, > they're either fiction, not in the loop, or an agent. > > And unless it's open, neither of you can prove that. > > >> #OpenFabs , #OpenHW , #OpenSW , #OpenDev , #OpenBiz > >> You have zero trust until those happen. ZERO. > > >> Publishing the backdoors in Intel's products, and > >> all the others... makes a fine AP crowdfund target. > >> Because the Wikileaks model so far either didn't get > >> or hasn't published the scoop. >
