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All information taken from public sources on GitHub and elsewhere. I am not under any kind of NDA whatsoever.
Sorry for the comment spam, I am so outraged at what AMD is trying to do and the potential DMCA implications faced by recyclers wanting to unlock the 'bricked' EPYC processors.
All further comments will be posted in accordance with the HN guidelines, I admit I was far too angry at the time.
Yes, but without criminalizing individual's right to video recording in public - sometimes this is necessary when you're dealing with bullying or sociopaths (where covert body cameras can be highly effective). Same for…
Wow, my comment about how devious people with NPD/APD are just got flagged. Does anyone know why this has happened? Have I broken any of the site rules here? [Update] Double checked the site rules, not sure if…
But the USB charger manufacturers could do better by shutting down the output should arcing/sparking be detected. We already have this for 120V AC supplies, and it should be doable for 5V DC.…
ARM based platforms such as Allwinner and Rockchip CPUs which are free of these security measures. Though the performance is very poor in comparison, however over the next few years the situation might improve.
Currently using an Ryzen at the moment, my next CPU is likely to be a used Xeon because of AMD's PSP nonsense, which has reached a new low with the EPYC CPU 'bricking'. On the Intel chips the ME security has been…
Not had a single crash on the Linux open source drivers though, here my RX 550 is rock solid with excellent performance for the given hardware. We have two different Vulkan drivers and two different shader compilers to…
I think the GDPR would make an opt-out requirement mandatory. Still you can always physically disconnect the module and likely there will be an aftermarket solution to disable whatever warning lights come on.
The EU requires the module to be powered off except in an emergency. So it's not in contact with cell towers all the time, except when it needs to make an emergency call. It's easy enough to detect the transmissions…
These aftermarket hacks should definitely be legal, but don't expect Tesla to provide any more online services such as automatic firmware upgrades. These would have to be done manually by the owner now.
Quite possibly some sort of personality disorder, e.g. Narcissistic or Antisocial PD. Most ordinary people are unaware of just how devious and manipulative these types can be. It's like two people in one person, a…
One of the nice things about the terminal is that things stay consistent for decades or more - people are not chasing fashion trends all the time, as is happening with the Web and graphical UIs. Nobody is being forced…
You absolutely can as an single individual, with that CMOS camera on your person. It's when we start using a networked database to store faces, this is when it should become unlawful IMO. There's a big difference…
A stationary camera looking up up peoples faces 24/7 in a huge database is a very different thing to occasional photography by an individual, who only has a limited memory capacity. So it's the pervasive always-on…
Also on old AMD hardware (SMC based GPU/CPU?) there is a very critical time period JUST after the device comes out of reset and before the SMC starts to lock everything down. Then you can access 'secret' SMC registers…
Double plus if it's for an environmental cause. That would be a PR disaster.
While I don't have the time to look at this myself, someone should really have a go at trying to crack this, here are some EPYC server schematics with the JTAG signals brought out to test points:…
It could be done with some kind of JTAG mod-chip, but this depends on what kind of JTAG security they've implemented. If you want to know where to start, search GitHub for 'KaveriPI', if you unpack AMD BIOSDBG.EXE you…
It becomes a problem when there's a monopoly or a duopoly of suppliers and there are no suitable alternatives on the market with similar performance characteristics. I believe then the FTC can get involved with…
With a criminal penalty via the DMCA for bypassing it, because encryption is involved. That's why I'm so angry and want companies employing such encryption to be prevented from doing so or face prosecution. So if I…
Although a PSP flaw is very unlikely to harm an individual user, it puts the US and it's intellectual property at risk from foreign actors such as Russia or China. And many engineering firms do not have the resources of…
In many jurisdictions the product has to be 'fit for purpose', should the PSP be cracked and a hacker able to use it to assist malware wouldn't that make AMD's product not fit for purpose???
AMD, you removed the TrueAudio block from your older Radeon GPUs, couldn't you cut the PSP and implement some of its functionality using logic instead of a CPU? So the first thing to boot will be an x86 core, as it did…
AMD should realize they are tarnishing their own brand reputation with the inclusion of the PSP and the recent CPU lockdown. Even though it's a server CPU that's affected by the lockdown, stories like this are…
These kind of DRM-like 'security' features starting being implemented first with phones and consoles and then has spread throughout the entire industry like a cancer. Many of the features of the AMD PSP could be…