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Did you verify all the binaries that you run are from compiled source code that you audited? Your BIOS? What about your CPU and GPU firmware? There is always a
by ipv6ipv4 5y ago
Did you verify all the binaries that you run are from compiled source code that you audited? Your BIOS?
What about your CPU and GPU firmware?
There is always a chain of trust that you end up depending on. OSS is not a panacea here.
- simondotau 5y agoIt's not a panacea but the most implausible the mechanism, the less likely it's going to be used on anyone but the most high value targets. (And besides, it's far more likely that this nefarious Government agency will just conceal a camera in your room to capture your fingers entering your passwords.)
- fsflover 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27897975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27897975