Re: [Trisquel-users] Can mainboard hardware back doors be found and defeated?

[t8mf4nu6lizp]

A TPM is a chip but it won't protect you against hardware or firmware  
backdoors.

Here's one presentation that might keep you awake at night  
https://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-us-12/bh-us-12-archives.html#Brossard

I don't know if or how hardware backdoors can be defeated.