Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info to Technology@beehaw.org · edit-211 months agoTKey: A reasonably secure RISC-V computer in a USB stickdev.tillitis.seexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanssbcs@lemux.minnix.devhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoYea, what is the expected use in this case?
minus-squareappel@whiskers.bim.boatslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoFrom what I can gather it is intended to be an open source hardware security key, or key generator, not really a usable personal computer
minus-squareBig PlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoA key generator where the code to generate the key has to be loaded on every time it’s plugged in?
minus-squareAlex@feddit.rolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoAs someone else said, you can overwrite the firmware if you get the unlocked one and the flashing tool, then you can relock it
Yea, what is the expected use in this case?
From what I can gather it is intended to be an open source hardware security key, or key generator, not really a usable personal computer
A key generator where the code to generate the key has to be loaded on every time it’s plugged in?
As someone else said, you can overwrite the firmware if you get the unlocked one and the flashing tool, then you can relock it