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I happen to like knowing that my mobile device did not have a ring 0 backdoor installed before it left the factory in Asia. SecureBoot gives me that confidence
by petcat 7mo ago
I happen to like knowing that my mobile device did not have a ring 0 backdoor installed before it left the factory in Asia. SecureBoot gives me that confidence.
- mort96 7mo agoNo it doesn't? The factory programs in the secure boot public keys
- petcat 7mo agoThe public keys are provided by the developer. Google, or Apple, for example. It's how they know that nothing was tampered with before it left the factory.
- realusername 7mo agoNothing has been tampered with doesn't mean there's no factory backdoor, it just only means same as factory, nothing more.
- petcat 7mo agoApple or Google know what the cryptographic signature of the boot should be. They provide the keys. It's how they know that "factory reset" does not include covert code installed by the factory. That's what we're talking about.
- mort96 7mo agoThis is true for phones but not for IoT in general.