thоmas @thomas@mastodon.f-si.org
sceptical technology enthusiast
Once in a while I post things related to libre silicon technology.
Integrated electronics dominate our lives, yet the public can get little knowledge about their internal workings due to the secrecy which is a tradition in this field.
This has implications: We depend on something we cannot fully understand, control nor inspect. Moreover, the technology is often controlled by monopolies.
Open-source or libre silicon technology is not a solution on its own. But a necessity.
3. The #Snowden files date back to 2013. In 2018, #Cavium was acquired by #MarvellTechnology,one of the two firms which, according to financial services giant J.P. Morgan, will dominate the custom-designed semiconductors market driven by AI:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface
1. A decade after #Snowden exposed #Nsa only about 1% of the documents have been published, but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by #JacobAppelbaum.
Our exclusive for #ComputerWeekly:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface
2. unpublished files from the #Snowden archive (2013) reveal that the #NSA backdoored #Cavium, an American semiconductor company marketing Central Processing Units (CPUs):
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface
Once in a while I post things related to libre silicon technology.
Integrated electronics dominate our lives, yet the public can get little knowledge about their internal workings due to the secrecy which is a tradition in this field.
This has implications: We depend on something we cannot fully understand, control nor inspect. Moreover, the technology is often controlled by monopolies.
Open-source or libre silicon technology is not a solution on its own. But a necessity.
sceptical technology enthusiast
