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Based on the things Snowden leaked, they would backdoor the hardware before it ever reached your home. Or at the design level. A part of me strongly suspects
by Natsu 10y ago
Based on the things Snowden leaked, they would backdoor the hardware before it ever reached your home.
Or at the design level. A part of me strongly suspects that the Intel IME was dreamed up by the NSA and I'd be very surprised if they don't have a way to own it.
- bitexploder 10y agoThat would be my suspicion for a well funded nation state as well. The NSA dedicates a non-trivial amount of time to analyzing the chips they source and use in their infrastructure for backdoors. That is not a defensive only capability :)