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A comment on GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on coreboot. Parent comment

Re:GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on c... by anonym29 on Sunday April 09, 2023 @11:04AM (#35503392)
>Screw both intel and amd for deliberately putting us all at risk.

Keep in mind, if these are government backdoors, it's likely Intel and AMD were compelled to put them in, there's a gag order on the existence of the program, and there's a gag order on the first gag order. It could be a situation where Intel and AMD really had their hands tied, so to speak.

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Re:GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on c... by 7to2 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:27AM (#35523129)
That's why I'm rooting for riskv processors, so that we can get the equivalent of reproducible openSSL binaries. US chips that are found to be irreproducable can be rightfully ignored.
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