36C3 - Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardware

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Andrew 'bunnie' Huang explains how chips and boards can be tampered with, from swapped ICs to modified wire bonds, and why open-source designs alone cannot prove hardware is trustworthy; an authoritative talk from a leading hardware hacker.

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Bunnie Huang explains why open-source designs alone can't make hardware trustworthy: verification is destructive, supply chains are opaque and attacks hide in many layers.

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