Re: [Libreboot] Can libreboot help to escape the Intel AMT/ME nightmare?

[Marcus Moeller]

Am 05.02.2015 um 12:40 schrieb Алексей:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 12:32:39PM +0100, Marcus Moeller wrote:
> > Besides that, with flashing Libreboot, you will overwrite any existing
> > code in the BIOS, so at least this should be Free. That does not mean,
> > backdoors could not be included in silicon or any other part of the
> > hardware (e.g. this one:
> > http://www.golem.de/1405/sp_106690-79290-i_rc.jpg on a MacBook Air).
>
> What do I see on the image?

> Where to read more about this threat?

Sorry, German only: 
http://www.golem.de/news/gchq-macbook-air-des-guardian-mit-merkwuerdigen-komponenten-1405-106690.html

The MacBook Air comes with a keyboard/trackpoint controller that can 
easily transformed into a keylogger (as many other devices, too).

As I don't have such a device (and am not planning to own one), I have 
not yet veriefied if it's backdoored by default or if just the devices 
at Guardian has been altered. It might also be the case that all devices 
that are shipped to a specific region or country are modified by 
default. The NSA calls those ANT products.

Anyhow, this is more a topic about librespeech and is not that libreboot 
specific.

Greets
Marcus

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