The NitroPC Pro is Qubes-certified!

[renehoj]

@Poison

There is no option to opt out.

You can flash the firmware without using DTS (Dasharo Tools Suite), you can download the ROM for your hardware and flash it from any Linux livecd using flashrom, or can take it one step further and compile coreboot ROM yourself.

The DES (Dasharo Entry Subscription) is really only needed if you want to PXE network boot the DTS image to update the firmware via network, this is an option in the boot device selection menu, in which case you do need to use the subscription info it’s a subscription only feature.

You can use Dasharo just fine without using the DES, on Qubes OS it’s just easier to update the firmware with DES.

[Poison]

Thank you, I also read the dts documentation now, makes everything clear to me.

[pietrushnic]

@solene

I understood @Poison 's question as «Do I need to share personal data for the subscription or can I receive some key anonymously»

As explained in the discussion on the Nitrokey forum, we need email to deliver information about update availability. No other information is shared with us from our partners. I’m not sure if the email is personal data. I guess it depends on the jurisdiction and the email itself.

[pietrushnic]

@Poison

Hi Solene, you need to provide an email adress, which theorerically could be correlated with your delivery adress, and if you download their updates without hiding your ip, also with your IP/ISP. There is no option to opt out. But you could just use a tempmail or some fake email and download the updates hiding your IP. Is this right @pietrushnic ?

Yes, this is right.

[pietrushnic]

@renehoj

You can flash the firmware without using DTS (Dasharo Tools Suite), you can download the ROM for your hardware and flash it from any Linux livecd using flashrom, or can take it one step further and compile coreboot ROM yourself.

The DES (Dasharo Entry Subscription) is really only needed if you want to PXE network boot the DTS image to update the firmware via network, this is an option in the boot device selection menu, in which case you do need to use the subscription info it’s a subscription only feature.

You can use Dasharo just fine without using the DES, on Qubes OS it’s just easier to update the firmware with DES.

@renehoj, things changed a little bit because now we started releasing DES-only binaries. For example, v1.1.2 binaries are available only to subscribers. Of course, the source code is on the GitHub repository. As explained during DUG #2, we have no issues with skilled community members compiling the code and using the binaries, but on the other side, we need sustainability of this product, because of that we decided to create the subscription and experiment with adding more value then you can typically get with coreboot by compiling it your self (hence newsletter, documentation, hashes, signatures, tests, special binary releases etc.). All that with the hope we can have long-term support for this product and validate some new business models for open-source firmware.