Re: [tor-talk] hardware recommendations

[Jacob Appelbaum <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/29/15, blaatenator <blaatenator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The talk of Jacob at DebConf (especially the Citizen Four Q&A) got me
> thinking about hardware. I know that hardware rng's are suspect, and
> probably AES cpu extensions as well. And if Lenovo openly puts stuff in
> the BIOS, who knows what else might be in there. Also someone there
> mentioned ARM cpu's might be a better bet regarding backdoors (but what
> is that opinion based on?).

Intel has AMT and opaque microcode updates, other CPU vendors have
similar fun hardware features.

Further reading regarding AMT from the FSF:

  https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/active-management-technology

>
> There was a mention of a 'sort of' open source smart card product and a
> certain type of laptop brand (but I didn't catch the names unfortunately).
> Are there more recommendations regarding this sort of stuff? Like a
> 'best buy' guide for secure hardware, or ways to work around insecure
> hardware.
>

This is the hardware and software that I mentioned regarding GnuPG:

  http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01
  http://www.fsij.org/category/gnuk.html

This the base of a reasonable Debian ARM system that requires no
non-free software:

  http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page

All the best,
Jacob
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