1. Like most things you have to trust the company producing everything. The closest thing I have seen to auditable hardware is Bunnie's Precursor.
2. You cannot install your own applications right now. And the updates happen automatically.
We use a verified boot process to ensure trusted bits are running on the HW.
> - Can we install stuff on this machine? How is the upgrade process working? Do we have root on the machine if need be?
Not yet - but we are planning for customers to be able to run their own services in the future. We have quite a few updates to do before we get there. The upgrades happen OTA, seamlessly in the background. There is no root access on the machine locally or remotely.
can the user control the updates, including choosing when, what and if they happen.
While I do have many questions, which would definitely delay an impulse buy, it is of general interest to have more companies trying to create easy to use products that help people to cut the cord with 5 companies that rules our digital lives today.
Now on with the questions I'd love to clarify:
- How to ensure the hardware is not chipped with some low level spyware?
- Can we install stuff on this machine? How is the upgrade process working? Do we have root on the machine if need be?