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Re:Essential Phone, available now by neltnerb on Friday August 18, 2017 @03:19AM (#15044218)
Trustworthy in what sense? That they are delivering on spec, or that they aren't stealing your IP?

For the prior, I imagine going there and observing QC procedures is the only hope. For the latter, I imagine it involves keeping discrete critical components isolated -- firmware from silicon (and beyond), using different factories so that neither independently has a functional device.

Re:Essential Phone, available now by exikyut on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:23AM (#15045831)
Trustworthy in the context of a "secure as possible" open-source design. Knowing that the layout I shipped is what I got back with no modifications.

Unfortunately my idea would have both the layout and the (OTP-fused) firmware fully open. I'm learning a lot about the challenges of "transparent security" as opposed to security by obscurity...