I am fucking scared of the mass surveilence nightmare direction that the internet and the world as a whole is going towards… C2PA, france hacking itself into citizen phones, the UK anti encryption law, EU’s chat control, etc. Im also sick of and hate the “you will own nothing and be happy” mentality that corpos try to push. I dont wanna know how the world will look like in 5-10 years.

  • thevoiceofra@mander.xyzEnglish
    195·
    1 year ago

    aaand there’s intel management engine and amd platform security procesor which undermine your foss efforts on most platforms

    • miaow@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      AMD (for that matter, any other processor manufacturer) isn’t off the hook either - eg. see “Platform Security Processor”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor

      They’ve been locking processors to individual motherboards and eliminating second-hand resale value for “enterprise” hardware in the name of “security” too: https://www.servethehome.com/amd-psb-vendor-locks-epyc-cpus-for-enhanced-security-at-a-cost/

    • Wyrryel@pawb.socialEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      If that was our only problem and most people would be using FLOSS software I’d be happy. Intel ME is bad but you can have a “good enough” usage of tech today.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
      147·
      1 year ago

      Why do people want to be doomers over literally nothing. There’s so much good that you’re just ignoring.

      • doppelgangmember@lemmy.worldEnglish
        93·
        1 year ago

        Intel can read RAM directly and other parameters using their built in security systems on certain chips. Maybe do more research first to understand why that is distressing. There are some projects for open source CPUs on-going.

        • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
          34·
          1 year ago

          I’ve looked into this extensively but see zero actual real world effects other then being a boogyman to hardcore FOSS nerds

              • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
                3·
                1 year ago

                Even phones have security chips in them these days.

                Fun fact: Intel introduced the Management Engine right around the time they joined the NSA’s PRISM program.

                • planish@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  A “security chip” is just any trusted hardware secure element that is tamper-proof and holds a manufacturer key, right?

                  Some implentations are going to have that as an available peripheral, and some are going to have it as in charge of the whole system, and one of those setups is fine.

                  Or I suppose it is fine until a lot of people actually use it. Then it starts to become a problem for people who don’t feel like consenting to putting on whatever handcuffs people want to use the system to know that they are wearing.

            • planish@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I feel like the management engine card is sneakily changing the threat model in the middle of the conversation.

              Is it bad? Yes. Is it a big source of security holes? Absolutely.

              Is it a way that Facebook is going to profile you to try and sell you to advertisers? Or a reason why you can’t ditch Windows? No.