On 8/29/15, blaatenator <blaatena...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The talk of Jacob at DebConf (especially the Citizen Four Q&A) got me > thinking about hardware. I know that hardware rng's are suspect, and > probably AES cpu extensions as well. And if Lenovo openly puts stuff in > the BIOS, who knows what else might be in there. Also someone there > mentioned ARM cpu's might be a better bet regarding backdoors (but what > is that opinion based on?).
Intel has AMT and opaque microcode updates, other CPU vendors have similar fun hardware features. Further reading regarding AMT from the FSF: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/active-management-technology > > There was a mention of a 'sort of' open source smart card product and a > certain type of laptop brand (but I didn't catch the names unfortunately). > Are there more recommendations regarding this sort of stuff? Like a > 'best buy' guide for secure hardware, or ways to work around insecure > hardware. > This is the hardware and software that I mentioned regarding GnuPG: http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01 http://www.fsij.org/category/gnuk.html This the base of a reasonable Debian ARM system that requires no non-free software: http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page All the best, Jacob -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
