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freepor on May 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Chat, They Watch

You forgot "I personally built it from source using a compiler I personally built from source with a micro-compiler that I handcoded in assembly on a computer that I assembled from transistors myself."

9nGQluzmnq3M on May 8, 2020 [–]

But what if the transistors contain microchips that are phoning home?

Clearly the only solution is to forage your own silicon for artisanal fabrication of your own chips.

LeonB on May 8, 2020 | [–]

All of which you did inside a simulated world built for spying on you. There’s no theoretical ability to verify the whole stack.

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