You can run a free OS pretty effortless, but when wanting 100% free software, you have to dig deeper and replace the proprietary BIOS firmware.

  • @vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    188 months ago

    yeah, no you have a misconception of what risc-v is.

    Risc-v is an isa not a chip. the isa is open, available to anyone.

    Implementations of risc-v (actual working designs) are usually not open. They are just guaranteed to be able to execute risc-v instructions.

    So risc-v is neither more nor less vulnerable to hardware backdoors than any other architecture