• Citizen@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Yup and then they move the spyware/malware/etc into a layer below where nobody knows what is inside…

    How is your baseband modem in your smartphone doing, by the way?

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      7 days ago

      this is why FOSS community goes ahead and removes untrustworthy blobs and replaces them with open source alternatives.

      The open hardware is an issue, but there are efforts there as well.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Separated over the PCIe bus with an IOMMU between it and system memory, as well as hardware switches to disable it if I’m not reachable

      I haven’t found a way to remove it entirely. It’s the only option I’ve found so far, but if you know of a better designed option, I’m certainly interested