Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <gnu...@no-log.org>
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freedom-privacy-security-issues.php | 3 ++-
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<p>
Firmwares running inside integrated circuits
are most of the time proprietary.
While free firmwares are hard to write, some
exist for very specific hardware (e.g. <a href="//www.arduino.cc/">Arduino</a>,
<a href="//dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate">Bus Pirate</a>) and
sometimes, manufacturers can liberate firmwares running in their integrated
circuits (e.g. <a
href="//github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware">ath9k_htc</a>).
- However, it is not always possible to even
replace those firmwares: some are loaded to the integrated circuit by the main
CPU but some others are pre-installed in the circuit (in that case, they almost
seem to behave like hardware) and cannot be updated to a free replacement.
+ However, it is not always possible to even
replace those firmwares: some are loaded to the integrated circuit by the main
CPU, but some others reside in separate storage from where they are loaded by
that integrated circuit.
+ With separate storage, it can be difficult (to
impossible) to update the firmware to a free replacement.
</p>
<p>
<a
href="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png"
data-lightbox="current-situation" data-title="Bad modem isolation"><img
src="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" alt="Bad
modem isolation" style="width: 250px; float: left;"/></a>
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