[Trisquel-users] Re : Some current free software friendly hardware

[magicbanana]

"When something changes the functioning of the hardware and users don't know  
about it", well, there is nothing that can be done against it: we all depend  
on mass-produced software and, even if documentation is provided, malware  
would not be described in it.

Now, if we do know about malware implemented in the hardware (such as vPro's  
treacherous computing), we can at least avoid the devices that are known to  
implement it... if such devices exist! Today, ThinkPenguin does not propose  
CPUs with vPro. However, Intel may soon stop producing CPUs without vPro.  
What is the solution then? I do not think that, today, the solution can be  
technical: we will have to convince the manufacturers to respect our  
freedoms.