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by qwertox 1226 days ago
Apart from the information given on the landing page:

> Balthazar is an international consortium that sets in motion and leads a new approach in the design and the construction of a full CERN Open Hardware Licence and GNU-GPL compliant FOSS laptop as a personal computing device.

> It is a minor part of an effort to revive and accelerate EU integrated circuits and electronics industry.

> Personal Computing Device will contain all the hardware and innovative software features and new set of precautions to prevent any 3rd party intrusion into the system.

> The consortium consists of an industry and academia personae, and it is applied for a Common Conservancy status for the further preservation of the project.

What kind of risk are you referring to?