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<p>The problem is, <b>if you have closed-source hardware (such as an Intel or AMD CPU, or a nvidia graphics card, or a msi motherboard)</b>, you can at most have open-source software and protocols all the way down to layer 2, <b>but not further below.</b> That's because you have hardware manufacturers creating products, but they are keeping the method as to how they create them a proprietary secret. Because you can't audit it yourself, you can't tell if there is any spyware baked into it or not. </p>
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<p>Take for example AMD's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor">PSP</a> or Intel's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine">Management Engine</a>, which are both alleged backdoors implemented directly in consummers' CPUs. In the case of Intel's processor chipsets, <b>all CPUs since 2008 are to be considered backdoored by Intel ME, and there's nothing you can do about it, without knowing intel's secret way to disable it.</b><a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/getting-started-with-active-management-technology.html">[1]</a><a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005974/software/chipset-software.html">[2]</a><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/intels-management-engine-security-hazard-and-users-need-way-disable-it">[3]</a> It is located in the Platform Controller Hub of modern Intel motherboards. </p>
<p>check out <a href="https://iv.datura.network/watch?v=0o8Co1ekemU&listen=false">this video</a> for a deep dive into Intel's Management Engine from 36c3 chaoswest 2019.</p>
<p>check out <a href="https://iv.nowhere.moe/watch?v=0o8Co1ekemU&listen=false">this video</a> for a deep dive into Intel's Management Engine from 36c3 chaoswest 2019.</p>
<p>Regarding non-free firmware, even Debian has been forced to accept this reality in 2022 in their <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003">general resolution vote</a>. In short, they now ship non-free firmware by default because 99.999999% of the people out there are running closed-source hardware CPUs, or GPUs, etc.</p>
<p><u>TLDR:</u> if you use closed-source hardware, you won't be able to get open source firware for the CPU, GPU or motherboard. <b>You cannot ever be 100% sure that your hardware itself contains a spying mechanism, because you can't check it yourself, be it in your motherboard, CPU, GPU, or network interfaces.</b> </p>
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<p>Here we have the example of MNT reform, selling a laptop that you can entirely repair (by buying the hardware parts) yourself. from the batteries, to the Keyboard, to the monitor, hell, even the motherboard, <b>but still even here the CPU and it's firmware are not open source</b> <a href="https://source.mnt.re/reform/mnt-reform-raspberry-pi-cm4-som/-/blob/main/stdp2600-firmware/STDP2600_HDMI2DP_STD_RC3_3.hex?ref_type=heads">[1]</a>. For the rest, they try to maintain the open hardware requirement. They ship the laptop with all the electrical schematics for you to look through them and see if it holds true that they aren't spying on you.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="https://iv.datura.network/watch?v=_DA0Jr4WH-4">this video</a> for a full unbox review of the mnt reform laptop.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="https://iv.nowhere.moe/watch?v=_DA0Jr4WH-4">this video</a> for a full unbox review of the mnt reform laptop.</p>
<p>Performance wise, can this compare to consumer grade laptops ? Sadly, not yet. Not even close. In the future if this project picks up steam big time, you might see competitors to Intel and AMD's monopoly.</p>
<p>Another top candidate coming up slowly is the Open <a href="https://riscv.org/">RISC-V CPU architecture</a>, aimed at dethroning the 2 CPU giants. But the project is still trying to pick up speed and adoption currently.</p>
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