Libreboot supports the Dell 3050 Micro and the Lenovo T480. I was wondering, since it requires the FSP blob, could it be a backdoor? Does anyone know how it works? Compared to the T440p and 9020, those boards are 100% free BIOS, but lack newer microcode updates.
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monovergent@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 326d
By its limited scope of just initializing the chip, it seems a lot more benign than Intel ME, which would be a jucier target than the FSP. But no independent audit has been completed on it to my knowledge. Purism got started with an attempt to reverse-engineer it (legitimately without the leaked code!), but Intel told them to take it down, which is a bit troubling.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 325d
I wonder if anyone got the archive of that article.
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 325d
Here's a couple:
https://archive.is/CBIzS
https://archive.is/TR1W4
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 325d
Thank you!