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<h1>FOSS hardware -- the real low level creepyness of AMD and Intel</h1>
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2021-11-26 15:34:32 EET |
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<a href=".."> back </a>
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<a href="/"> home </a>
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<a href="/git"> git </a>
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<p>FOSS hardware should be a thing.</p>
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<h2>Intel ME and AMD PSP</h2>
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Intel and AMD are pretty popular
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<strong> companies </strong>
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and so like most companies they're evil. For example
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine">
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Intel ME
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and
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor">
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AMD PSP
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, they're basically low-level spyware, and not like you can easily
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disable it. Normal users won't be able to do it properly and even
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experienced computer nerds too, it's really finicky and I only saw few
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people on the internet do it, well at least for Intel.
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<p>As far as I'm aware for Intel CPUs you have to</p>
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<li>Patch the BIOS</li>
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<li>Patch the firmware</li>
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<li>Physically modify the CPU</li>
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<li>Configure the BIOS</li>
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</ul>
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<p>And for AMD it's a bit easier</p>
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<li>Patch the firmware</li>
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<li>Patch the BIOS</li>
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<li>Configure the BIOS</li>
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Both Intel ME and AMD PSP have LOADS of CVEs, the ironic thing is that
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they're supposed to be secure...
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They are terrible, just built in CVEs and spyware, not even open source.
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It's all proprietary... They use
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<a href="https://securitytrails.com/blog/security-through-obscurity">
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security through obscurity
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which has never ended well...
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<h2>FOSS hardware</h2>
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<blockquote>
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<p>What do I even mean by "FOSS hardware"?</p>
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<li>Open source firmware, drivers, BIOS, etc.</li>
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<li>All scheming and build process FOSS too.</li>
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<li>All plans completely open.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Etc.</p>
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<p>FOSS hardware.</p>
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<p>
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Now after reading this you probably now understand why I want FOSS
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hardware. There's no real alternatives to Intel and AMD spyware so we
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have to deal with it, so FOSS hardware would
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<ul>
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<li>
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Make FOSS more popular and give FOSS operating systems hardware they
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need
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<li>Would not have as many CVEs and in general insecurities</li>
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<li>Would have less issues on for example BSD and Linux</li>
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Like imagine having probably no issues on FOSS operating systems and not
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needing to live in a world where EVERYTHING you do is spied on you on a
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very low, hardware, level.
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<p>In general FOSS</p>
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As I see Linux growing more and more I feel like the next logical step
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is FOSS hardware, Linux lacks that a bit, it would be amazing to have
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something that you can trust and see what it does on every level.
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<p>To conclude</p>
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<blockquote>
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AMD and Intel are weird and just as bad as any other companies known
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for their spyware, just that Intel ME and AMD PSP is not as talked
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about
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