-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/29/2017 11:00 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I can't download the .pdf file for some reason (maybe the tla's got to it?) > http://fm.csl.sri.com/LAW/2009/dobry-law09-HAP-Challenges.pdf > can someone send it to me? > Thanks > > > Thoughts: > Sad this is still not an actual method of disablement, but it doesn't > really matter as anyone who buys *new* x86 hardware is still supporting > wintel's development of newer and better anti-features, DRM and > surveillance technology - one that can't even be me-cleaner/hap/etc > nerfed will be released some day. I wish people spent their energy > popularizing owner controlled arches instead of beating a dead horse. > > While IBM also makes surveillance tech they make POWER which as the last > performance owner controlled arch that sells for attainable prices goes > a long way to offset that. Heres to hoping IBM starts selling POWER > workstations...
POWER9 workstations are already coming on the market: https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ Note that IBM selling similar machines directly would likely be more expensive, not less, based on POWER8 price comparisons between IBM and other vendors. People purchase IBM branded products for extreme reliability, not to get cheap equipment... > I find it hard to believe that the NSA uses made in china intel stuff > with ME chips present for their high security stuff (hap nerfed or not), > I imagine top secret things are done on POWER (which has a USA cpu fab > and no black boxes). > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJZpxHDAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbTGAH/2U1dDPoJiCIomYsD0RFox9F O9voeIPARbsbobv6Yvl/VmAI40D81w5u/7vdk6mO//zFJXpeEpLTgytBqZlDORRV CfnTG/etE/i8ShGgcvWCf6uqEiVdko4ng+gwh5oeQJ/WFdGlVFmeZbQ+WUwWSbr0 v6icL1SHD3EuCdNbMZimV7tcdglDEULzPHVEHSkhdMGtldWHyBvTuvp6rGAO47O4 lMM5SDXFa9S+ookTuSdLV6F3v4s4GLsmqkyPfNEWdh4iXqA72sZWAsYeyrBBn4fR dp92uQuqgdeDr6r28YAAA8mkHD/7jbzDcDnmGiMqVyKU0ugDIlqGTvg3OsPiY24= =C5ac -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot