The author discusses the Betrusted project, aiming to establish a secure supply chain for password managers. They express concerns about the lack of transparency and trust in current hardware components, highlighting the challenges of expensive FPGA-based solutions due to limited user-side verification. They introduce the concept of Infra-Red, in situ inspection of silicon to democratize silicon imaging for hardware verification. The author explores the gaps in current verification techniques, emphasizing the need for hybrid verification methods combining IRIS and scan chain techniques. They present a vision of democratizing hardware verification for improved security and trust at all levels of the supply chain, offering potential solutions to enhance user trust in hardware components.
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