Re: [Tails-dev] NSA tails and closed code

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Autor: Georg Koppen
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To: tails-dev
Betreff: Re: [Tails-dev] NSA tails and closed code
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> Romper Stomper via Tails-dev:
>> Is it true that the “tails” ports are controlled by the NSA?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean with "ports". However, NSA doesn't control
> anything related to Tails to our knowledge, and we do what we can to
> defend against it, e.g.: https://tails.boum.org/news/reproducible_Tails/
>
> and why are there closed codes in “tails”?
>
> I guess you are referring to the firmwares required for hardware
> support? If we didn't ship these firmwares Tails would not run on most
> hardware. It's a necessary trade-off.


Is there a list of those firmwares somewhere (I couldn't find anything
on the Tails website about that topic after searching a bit) or is it
"just" a Debian package taken 1:1 from upstream?

Georg