Binary Blobs
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From what I understand binary blobs are parts of code which cannot be read, and you are not really sure what they do. They could for example extract what you are doing on your computer and send this information somewhere.
Is this possible and if so is there ways to safe-guard oneself against this?
Buy/build a libreboot compatible computer.
https://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#supported_list
>>54932065
it's possible, but you can try to observe for malicious behavior
>>54932137
How would I observe this?
>>54932065
>From what I understand binary blobs are parts of code which cannot be read
No, you don't.
You talked about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware
but binary blobs it's:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob
Lurk more.
>>54932065
You're close, but not quite. You generally can dump binary blobs, or even just directly access them on the filesystem. With extensive reverse engineering knowledge and professional tools, you might even be able to get a general understanding of what they do.
What you can't generally do is
* Verify for sure that they are not malicious
* Modify them in any way (and have them still work)
>>54932096
>buying outdated shit
Hahahaha, these retards...
>>54932970
>ASUS KGPE-D16
>2 x 16 core cpu's
>up to 256gb ddr3
>outdated
ThinkPad X200 with Libreboot.
