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My question is whether alternatives are secure, such as AMD or ARM? I imagine the ARM architecture to be too scrutinised and low power to get away with that sor
by bArray 10y ago
My question is whether alternatives are secure, such as AMD or ARM? I imagine the ARM architecture to be too scrutinised and low power to get away with that sort of thing?
Personally I want to buy a laptop that is secure due to travelling to questionable places, I am wondering now whether it will include an Intel CPU in light of this.
- SXX 10y agoAs mentioned in comments already they are both not secure: every new AMD CPU have ARM TrustZone core in it. For ARM I can't tell since there might be SOCs without TrustZone. Best usable hardware is old Intel laptops except you want something like MIPS laptop from Lemote.
- bArray 10y agoThanks, I'll check it out.
- lazyjones 10y agoPossibly the Loongson 3B (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson#Loongson_3B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson#Loongson_3B - MIPS64 with hardware-assisted x86 emulation) - but someone has to take a closer look and audit it first.
- bArray 10y agoLooks promising, I'll keep my eye out for machines with this processor.