Re: [Tails-dev] Tails Hardware

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Author: a3
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails Hardware
Le 2016-01-01 20:05, Spencer a écrit :
> Hi,
>
>>>
>>> Michael English:
>>> Tails should have a page on the website dedicated to recommended
>>> computer hardware.
>>>
>>
>> intrigeri:
>> I'd be glad to see a team commit to set up _and maintain_ such
>> a page :)
>>
>
> USB Sticks would be a reasonable start.
>
>>>
>>> Also, major computer manufacturers are known
>>> to have BIOS level backdoors which renders Tails security useless.
>>> Smaller computer manufacturers on the above list would be less likely
>>> to
>>> violate users' security and privacy on a hardware level.
>>>
>>
>> there are such "backdoors" in Intel ME (present in any
>> recent Intel CPU, cannot be disabled in practice), and most computer
>> manufacturers use firmware (BIOS) provided by very few vendors
>>
>
> Maybe a DIY BIOS how-to would be a more reasonable start, though quite
> out of scope of the documentation, maybe. Similar things have been
> touched on [0].
>
> Wordlife,
> Spencer
>
> [0]:
> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-November/039573.html
>
>

Personally, with my Lenovo X200, I have removed the BIOS from the
manufacturer (
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nasty/ ) and I
have change for Libreboot ( https://libreboot.org )

This is my solution, but if you want to keep Windows it doesn't work
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