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[–] 8678661? ago 

I mean, I am already paranoid about low level backdoors on hardware, but to literally make it State produced would make me batty.

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[–] 8678928? ago  (edited ago)

What would be trully worse ?

Private companies products you have no right to know what's inside, companies covertly working hand in hand with spook agencies to plant hardware backdoors, or, a not for profit public company where all the products plans/blueprint must be mandatory made public by law, which workers are from civilian society like universities for instance ?

Maximization of profit not being the priority, it doesn't have to be on a benevolant basis, workers are paid, but benevolant/educational work isn't excluded

Pretty much like linux software, but this time it's hardware

After all, linux is born as a hobby out of an university

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[–] 8679034? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ideally, if/when 3D printed hardware is an option at home, I can see it taking off. At least Intel/qualcomm/etc want to compete, and still have access to different markets. If my country put a stamp on any piece of hardware (or software for that matter), I know I would immediately turn to anything else, because at least then I can pretend local authorities need to jump through one or two hoops to get the data. Though with just how popular raspberry pis are, I completely forgot what is happening with the one laptop program, http://one.laptop.org/.

But yeah, I sort of long running program that has different universities opting in, and mirroring the plans/blueprints would be pretty neat. I just wish mobile phones, and tablets weren't the current push for locked ecosystems, and hardware.