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> And also, the first application capable chip you can actually trust to be free of unpublished capabilities. I am not in the embedded space. Can you explain
by throwaway2037 2mo ago
> And also, the first application capable chip you can actually trust to be free of unpublished capabilities.
I am not in the embedded space. Can you explain your thinking behind this comment?
- RobotToaster 2mo agoIt's widely suspected that the Intel management engine[0] and their equivalents are NSA backdoors [0] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/intels-management-engine-security-hazard-and-users-need-way-disable-it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/intels-management-engi...
- K0balt 2mo agoSubtly tainted RNGs, flash download backdoors, interfaces that allow covert JTAG are all “features” that can be found in some widely used chips. Because of the freedom of the riscV license, we have microscope inspectable processors being launched by tiny companies that are focused on security and privacy. https://baochip.com/ https://baochip.com/