On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 3:28:05 PM UTC-4, Vít Šesták wrote:
> > what about vga or dvi wires?
> 
> Frankly, my main interest is HDMI. But I have briefly looked at VGA and DVI 
> pinouts. It seems that the only input channels are hotplug (if you count 
> this) and DDC (for resolutions etc.). Plus older VGA seems to have some 
> pre-DDC mechanism called “Monitor ID”. For VGA, you can see scheme 
> http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml . The “Dir” column is helpful, 
> though it seems to be incorrect at line “I2C bidirectional data line”.
> 
> > Qubes already ignores hdmi sound driver in my case lol.
> 
> Well, I am not sure if this is intentional, but I don't think so.
> 
> > Because really how can we even trust its hardware, its another separate pc 
> > outside of qubes.
> 
> Well, you do trust you hardware at some degree. Without trusted HW, you 
> cannot trust it runs the SW properly and it does not spy you in other means, 
> e.g., by sending screen content somewhere. Malware in a compromised digital 
> TV could do so and neither Qubes nor cut wires can prevent it. But maybe you 
> decide to trust the TV just partially (e.g., public presentation), so you 
> don't read top-secret messages etc. here.
> 
> >  Same goes for printers if you using it,  you already giving up some 
> > privacy regardless of Qubes.
> 
> Mostly true, but a bit vague. But the situation is the same as with monitors 
> – choose your level of trust and then behave accordingly.
> 
> Regards,
> Vít Šesták 'v6ak'

yes exactly.

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