On 6/16/2016 11:35 PM, juan wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:15:09 -0400 grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
Do AMD CPUs have these yet?
The second link was there for a purpose. https://libreboot.org/faq/
Any-way, what's the point of bothering running any sort of 'secure' software on wholly compromised hardware...?
I naively admit I wasn't aware of the fact that americunts (intel/amd) had sunk that low, but then again that's rather stupid on my part.
Question remains, addressed to people interested in 'security' :
There's value in running security software on a compromised system because it helps to stop /mass/ surveillance. Ultimately, if you are under surveillance, they're going to get you but they're going to have to devote some time an effort /to you/. You're not going to get caught up in the worldwide dragnet. My personal quarrel with the NSA and other security services isn't that they watch people at all. It's that innocent people are getting caught in a dragnet and that information could be used against them later.
Nobody seems to be trying to fix 'our' fundamental problem...?
It's a hard AND expensive problem to address. There aren't a whole lot of people with processor design skills that aren't already working in processor design for one of the biggies. And the few that are likely don't have the money to bring up what it takes to do it. It's not like this is going to be bootstrapped by a Kickstarter.
All the talk about snowden, tor, 'hacking' and similar propaganda is...well...propaganda.
It's making people more aware of what's going on and how to protect themselves. Sure, it's not solving the problem but it is making things a bit better. Perfect is the enemy of good. If the spooks don't go after one person because it would take more personalized resources than simply catching them in a dragnet, that security has worked. We don't need 'perfect'. We need 'good enough'.