@phnt @dj @ryan @p @ins0mniak @lanodan >Then you are left with a CPU vulnerable to almost all sidechannel attacks which are a bigger threat than an IME backdoor.
You are immune to all sidechannel attacks if you simply don't run proprietary malware on your computer.

Every week or month a new sidechannel attack is found and only the latest CPUs are updated to "fix" those and I'm not running out every year to buy new hardware.

Throwing more proprietary software at a problem caused by proprietary software is an incredible folly, as you are doomed to fail.

>I don't run untrusted code on my computers and block JS. What happens when there's a JS block bypass for your browser?
So far there has been not a single bypass found for javascript.disabled=false and really you will notice if proprietary malware JavaScript is being loaded over tor and you'll be able to kill the process before it manages to leak anything.

I can also just use netsurf with JavaScript compiled out or Emacs Web Wowser.

>GNUBoot won't save you from an exploitable CPU.
Proprietary software won't save you from the inherently vulnerable concept of speculative execution either.