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by ballard 4698 days ago
To avoid hobgoblins wearing Faraday cages without denying the reality of the privacy debate, open source hw can make them quieter. I think it's going to happen because of PC market forces (IBM/Lenovo, Dell) and prior examples (OpenSparc). The startup costs (eda, test equipment) are doable because there are enough people with specialized expertise that could contribute.

If you don't trust the hw or vhost, you're stuffed. Political upwards and technical downwards are the ways to make sure this doesn't happen.