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Intercepted during shipping? How long would an operation like that take? And can't a company with Apple's clout ask the supplier for a spec sheet that lists al
by JustSomeNobody 11y ago
Intercepted during shipping?
How long would an operation like that take? And can't a company with Apple's clout ask the supplier for a spec sheet that lists all the chips and a diagram showing the location of said chips?
- samstave 11y agoOf course they can, which is why perhaps apple "long suspected"... maybe shipping times were fucked and apple noticed - but my question is WHEN did apple notice???
- jkestner 11y agoYou sound incredulous. It's a thing. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083300/report-nsa-intercepts-computer-deliveries-to-plant-spyware.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083300/report-nsa-intercepts...
- ryao 11y agoThe Intel chipsets even have an embedded device with complete access to everything, its own firmware and its own integrated flash where malware can be flashed by anyone with Intel's internal documentation and the private RSA key corresponding to the public key that is etched into the hardware: https://libreboot.org/faq/#intelme https://libreboot.org/faq/#intelme
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoA bit. So are they going to run these in another country? Because Congress is pretty idiotic when it comes to technology and they can pass laws to force Apple (and others) to allow snooping.
- jkestner 11y agoGood question. For now, Apple seems to have the legislative branch on its side. Some Congresspeople such as Darrell Issa and Lindsay Graham have actually been educated on the technological issues.