Mihai, It depends on your threat model. You can’t absolutely trust any hardware because of low level firmware. However, that doesn’t matter if your threat model is low enough then that doesn’t matter. Are you an enemy of the state? If so, you probably shouldn’t trust any technology. If you’re just an average person, then using free software is probably enough with good practices like encryption is enough.
Right now, I use an old Thinkpad with OpenBSD and full disk encryption because it fits what I want. I have proprietary firmware for wireless because I care more about it working than distrusting it for now. If I had a higher threat level, I’d use an even older Thinkpad with coreboot/libreboot (not sure if OpenBSD is compatible) and a different wireless NIC. Zack Lofgren > On Jul 3, 2019, at 09:48, Mihai Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > I asked for an answer more like "avoid using nVidia chipsets", not for > theories. > So, again, do you consider brands when choosing hardware, like Dell > vs. Lenovo, etc. ? > > Thank you. >
