Hi,
>>
>> Michael English:
>> Tails should have a page on the website dedicated to recommended
>> computer hardware.
>>
>
> intrigeri:
> I'd be glad to see a team commit to set up _and maintain_ such
> a page :)
>
USB Sticks would be a reasonable start.
>>
>> Also, major computer manufacturers are known
>> to have BIOS level backdoors which renders Tails security useless.
>> Smaller computer manufacturers on the above list would be less likely
>> to
>> violate users' security and privacy on a hardware level.
>>
>
> there are such "backdoors" in Intel ME (present in any
> recent Intel CPU, cannot be disabled in practice), and most computer
> manufacturers use firmware (BIOS) provided by very few vendors
>
Maybe a DIY BIOS how-to would be a more reasonable start, though quite
out of scope of the documentation, maybe. Similar things have been
touched on [0].
Wordlife,
Spencer
[0]:
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-November/039573.html
