On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:19:14 -0500, Anthony Papillion <[email protected]> wrote: > >But how do we handle hardware attacks? For example, what happens when a >chip maker, say Intel, collaborates with the government to allow access >to users systems from the chip level? How can we defend against this? > >Anthony
My thought, If it is a concern, I think one would make a point to avoid using software / operating systems which contain non-disclosed closed-source binary blobs (ie, drivers), such as.. almost all distributions of Linux, and the obvious proprietary OS vendors. (if you totally groove on Linux, go with a gnu/free system listed on http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html) -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA +1.5108307875 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
