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Do you trust a hardware vendor that installs MITM stuff on your machine per default to keep the firmware untampered? There is almost no machine out there runni
by Argorak 12y ago
Do you trust a hardware vendor that installs MITM stuff on your machine per default to keep the firmware untampered?
There is almost no machine out there running openly auditable code on all components.
- ekianjo 12y agoSo what? At least with the software part you remove a large portion of the risks. It's better to go half way than doing nothing about it, and hardware tampering for a company could be more risky since they would have to do mass recall if discovered.
- Argorak 12y agoI'm talking Firmware-tampering, which is rather risk-free and firmware patches are not unusual.
- dingaling 12y ago> Do you trust a hardware vendor that installs MITM stuff on your machine per default to keep the firmware untampered? Adding dodgy userspace software is easy and remunerative for Lenovo ( lots of $$$ from the software vendor for 'bundling' ). Tampering with firmware is hard, expensive and doesn't seem to offer compelling return on investment. What's the business case?
- bronson 12y agoWell over $10 million? http://www.cnet.com/news/security-firm-rsa-took-millions-from-nsa-report/ http://www.cnet.com/news/security-firm-rsa-took-millions-fro...