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And then you have to trust the OS. And the machine... Unless you build you computer yourself from silicon, you're not going to get rid of trust.
by tormeh 12y ago
And then you have to trust the OS. And the machine... Unless you build you computer yourself from silicon, you're not going to get rid of trust.
- GauntletWizard 12y agoThen you would also have to trust that your knowledge of how silicon processing and manufacture is correct, and that whomever taught you how to do so was not malicious. At some point, it all becomes a circlejerk of Cartesian doubt.
- a1369209993 12y ago> Unless you build you computer yourself from silicon And the chip design, and the fab control software, and the tools that make the tools that make the tools. And descrete components won't help you because transistors are large enough to conceal a mircocontroler emulating a transistor and listening for high-frequency handshake signals. Relays are probably safe since you can make those yourself out of iron and copper (rods, springs and wire), and conveniently those are the same things you need to build motors! You're still probably screwed though.
- senko 12y agoFurther reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing_base http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing_base