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\chaptertitle{Introduction}
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\label{chapter-intro}
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% Passionate statement about democracy and academic freedom
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% We live in times of rising fascist and authoritarian sentiment worldwide. While computer science and cryptography are
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% often portrayed as politically neutral technologies, their practice is a political act and can have grave real-world
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% maybe: Within mathematics and computer science, the field of cryptography is unique in that it smainstream views
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% link to cypherpunks, hackers
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% Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are an example of such a political technology. The core function of HSMs is to
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% protect cryptographic secrets against \emph{any} physical attack. Even though they are widely used in finance and
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% business applications, in their design, they curiously embody the radical idiology of the cypherpunk and hacker
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% We believe physically secure devices like HSMs can be a keystone technology in the creation of secure systems for
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% communication and computation in a free, democratic society. However, while current state-of-the art commercial
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% devices can be expected to resist a fascist police force or even some authoritarian states' secret services, their
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% physical security is still lacking due to misaligned ecosystem incentices. As Anderson put it,
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% In this thesis, we aim to significantly advance the field of hardware security module construction. We publish all
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% designs, code and data as open source to create the groundwork for future research, and sow the seeds for a new
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% generation of secure hardware that will be able to resist a rising tide of fascist and authoritarian movements.
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\emph{No Gods, No Masters} is an anarchist slogan originating in the 19\textsuperscript{th} century that expresses a
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rejection of authorities~\cite{broussaisOriginesDeviseAnarchiste2022,guerinNoGodsNo2005,blomNoGodsNo2025}. In modern
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cryptography, it is generally seen as best practice to have the least amount of parties possible involved in any
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computation.
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Most cryptographic problems are easily solved by involving a trusted third party (TTP).
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Yet, cryptographers have time and again vocally rejected attempts to involve third parties in cryptographic
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protocols~\cite{
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rejection of authorities~\cite{broussaisOriginesDeviseAnarchiste2022,guerinNoGodsNo2005,blomNoGodsNo2025}. Despite its
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origin in a different era, it encapsulates an approach that is commonly followed in modern cryptography. In
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cryptography, it is considered best practice to have the least amount of parties possible involved in any computation.
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Most cryptographic problems are easily solved by involving a trusted third party (TTP). Yet, cryptographers have time
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and again vocally rejected attempts to involve third parties in cryptographic protocols~\cite{
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abelsonRisksKeyRecovery1997,
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abelsonKeysDoormats2015,
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andersonSecurityEngineeringGuide2020,
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