Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread zap
On 09/03/2017 09:41 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 03/09/2017 at 13:32, zap wrote: >> >> On 09/03/2017 05:26 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: >>> On 01/09/2017 at 20:36, zap wrote: > I doubt it will be owner controlled, as their laptops aren't - they > still haven't even gotten a blobbed ver

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 09/03/2017 09:41 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: Do you believe that all ARM, SPARC and Power suppliers do not put anything in their CPUs that users and developers do not know about? Again, the only way to be sure is buying hardware from a vendor that produces it's own hardware, CPUs included

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:41:23PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > This is the present state of the matter: > https://puri.sm/learn/avoiding-intel-amt/ > > "So, there is no hardware level remote access to Purism hardware?" AMT is merely a way to configure the built-in backdoor that allows you t

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 03/09/2017 at 13:32, zap wrote: > > > On 09/03/2017 05:26 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On 01/09/2017 at 20:36, zap wrote: I doubt it will be owner controlled, as their laptops aren't - they still haven't even gotten a blobbed version of coreboot working (blobbed init code + ME

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread zap
On 09/03/2017 05:26 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 01/09/2017 at 20:36, zap wrote: >>> I doubt it will be owner controlled, as their laptops aren't - they >>> still haven't even gotten a blobbed version of coreboot working >>> (blobbed init code + ME enabled as they insisted on a crappy intel s

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 31/08/2017 at 15:24, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > On 31-08-17 10:14, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> >>Good news indeed! The second one this week, after this worthy attempt by >> puri.sm to finally produce a smartphone designed to be 100% evil-software >> free >> and GNU/Linux compat

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 01/09/2017 at 20:36, zap wrote: > >>> >> I doubt it will be owner controlled, as their laptops aren't - they >> still haven't even gotten a blobbed version of coreboot working >> (blobbed init code + ME enabled as they insisted on a crappy intel soc) >> Purism isn't a trustworthy company. > Gee

Re: [DNG] TALOS 2 - The Libre Owner Controlled POWER9 Workstation/Server

2017-09-03 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 31/08/2017 at 16:40, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 08/31/2017 04:14 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 at 18:25:07 -0400 >> "taii...@gmx.com" wrote: >> >>> Thought I would share this! >>> >>> After what happened with TALOS 1 I can't believe they actually pulled it >>> off this