[Cryptography] Cheap forensic recorder

[Russ Nelson]

Emin Gün Sirer writes:
 > >More generally, I think the way to approach “nothing up my sleeves”
 > hardware is to move down in complexity, not up. I’d like to see a series of
 > small security devices based on minimalist processors. We’ve talked about
 > HRNGs in the past. How about a small device that did nothing but compute
 > the hash of the contents of an SD card?
 > 
 > Ironically, you're describing a TPM platform.

No. He is describing a platform that *he* trusts, not a platform that
has been subverted by the NSA and then called "TPM".

Calling something "trusted" doesn't make it trusted, friend. Calling
someone "friend" doesn't make them your friend.

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