On Tuesday, 11 December 2018 08:49:25 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:00:45 -0500, Taiidan@gmx.com wrote:
> > > So that proves that US manufacturers are better at hiding their back
> > > 
> > >> doors?
> > >> 
> > >> Or is it a numbers game, there are a hell of a lot more systems made
> > >> in China, so the chances of a backdoor being discovered is higher.
> > >> 
> > >> Either way, lack of evidence of insecurity is not proof of security.
> > 
> > So tell us what is your perfect country for hardware manufacturing?
> 
> There isn't one as you can never be sure. You are presenting hope, and
> maybe likelihood, as certainty when this does not exist.

Sure, unless you designed and built the hardware yourself you can't be sure.  
Even then you won't know what vulnerabilities you may have inadvertently 
introduced in your creation and are unaware of.  Nevertheless, Taiidan's 
comments point towards a least worse option, at least based on current 
knowledge of state actors relentless efforts to spy on us all.

POWER9 is impressive in many respects, but for a modern laptop there are no 
similar choices to make.  As far as I know they are all compromised by design 
today.  :-(

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Regards,
Mick