Op 24-11-14 om 13:28 schreef Neal H. Walfield: > At Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:39:09 +0100, > Paul Hänsch wrote: >> >> Paul van der Vlis <[email protected]>, Sun 2014-11-23 23:06: >>> https://bryanquigley.com/uncategorized/would-you-crowdfund-a-500-ubunt >>> u-open-to-the-core-laptop >> >> I don't get this point: >> >> ""quote -- >> - 128 GB SSD (this would be the one component that might have to be >> proprietary as I’m not aware of another option) >> -- "" >> >> Don't notebook SSDs appear as standerdised SATA disks these days? I've >> never experienced any trouble with this class of device. Could imagine >> that the internal ROM firmware is proprietary, but this should be the >> case for a lot of the components (even when the loadable part of the >> firmware is free). > > Don't trust a hard drive to not modify the data in flight: > > http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=5
This link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEzLNh5YIo is about SD cards and what's dangerous about them. But what you can do with SD cards you can do with SSDs and USB sticks too, I would say. And think about removing data what's in bad blocks. I think it's not possible to remove that data without destroying the SSD. An SSD could even copy all your data to hidden parts. I would like SSD's without a controller, where the OS is reponseable for bad-block mapping and wear leveling. Or SSD's with open source firmware. See here a list of the tasks of the processor in a SSD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Controller With regards, Paul van der Vlis. > Neal > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
