07-30-2021, 04:40 AM
(07-29-2021, 02:50 PM)moonwalkers Wrote: Still, the more software/firmware is under my control - the better I sleep.
I'm 100% with you.
(07-29-2021, 02:50 PM)moonwalkers Wrote: And with PB/PBP the "untouchable" firmware is limited to just the 32K bootrom (AFAIK - ignorance is bliss?), though at least in theory those 32K could be plenty to plug in something nasty.
Well, not only. Actually, for instance, there is also firmware in wifi card, touchpad, keyboard, eDP, USB-C, charge controller. Which is anyway probably less than in any other, similar product on the market.
Whether this firmware is a viable attack surface is a debatable thing of course. And we'll probably never know for sure. Like with this modified chinese northbridge firmware that was loaded into many server motherboards.