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Also remember while a case can be made (although in my opinion a very weak one) for why you need a separate computer running beside your main processor, the mai
by turblety 9y ago
Also remember while a case can be made (although in my opinion a very weak one) for why you need a separate computer running beside your main processor, the main issue people have is that you:
- Can not see what that operating system is doing
- Can not read the source code for that operating system
- Can not stop or manage that operating system
- Can not upload/change/edit anything to do with that operating system
- zaarn 9y agoI think it should be considered that none of these things are inherent to an OS running in a side CPU to the main CPU. Rather, these are symptoms of specific implementations.
- qznc 9y agoThere are a lot more processors in your computer. Every hard disk has a computer [0] and your power adapter might too [1]. Seriously, who knows how many general purpose chips are inside a computer these days? [0] http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=3 http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=3 [1] http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/01/apples-lightning-digital-av-adapter-found-to-have-embedded-arm-processor http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/01/apples-lightning-d...
- turblety 9y agoDo they all have direct access to every other device, memory and hard drive connected to your computer. Genuine question, I'm not sure but I would have thought they have to go through the main processor to access those devices. However with ME and PSP they have complete access to everything you do on your computer. It can record your screen, monitor your traffic, connect to the internet, etc