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It's less "how do you", and more "can you?". And according to the Novena open-hardware laptop guy, you can't: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?cat=28 https:/
by Qwertious 3y ago
It's less "how do you", and more "can you?". And according to the Novena open-hardware laptop guy, you can't: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?cat=28 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?cat=28
>Based on these experiences, I’ve concluded that open hardware is precisely as trustworthy as closed hardware. Which is to say, I have no inherent reason to trust either at all.
- RetroTechie 3y agoThx for that link! Deserves its own HN post imho. It lays out the issues quite well. But... there's several things people here are forgetting: OSHW isn't just about chips, but also boards, case designs & possibly more. Those other things can be inspected easily. OSHW is also about supply security. Vendor folds? Take existing design & have another supplier manufacture it. US buyer doesn't trust Chinese vendor? Nothing stopping that buyer from taking design to say, a US or EU based manufacturer. This includes IC designs. OSHW allows modification & thus exchange of parts. So any part considered not 'open enough', can be exchanged for more acceptable one. Not saying anything about the practicality of this. But with closed designs these options don't exist or are much, much more difficult. And any vendor found to have tampered with an open design's manufacture, would see its reputation ruined (let's be honest, manufacturer would be the 'best' place to plant a backdoor, right?).