Le lundi 28 mars 2016 à 20:50 +0200, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli a écrit : > Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <gnu...@no-log.org> Acked-by: Paul Kocialkowski <cont...@paulk.fr>
> --- > freedom-privacy-security-issues.php | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php b/freedom-privacy-security- > issues.php > index 5332b8b..1e0f2c4 100644 > --- a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php > +++ b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php > @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ > <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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