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I think we need a Geneva convention on microelectronics and informatics products. We are growing tired of this spy bullshit by the so-called super powers. They

I think we need a Geneva convention on microelectronics and informatics products. We are growing tired of this spy bullshit by the so-called super powers. They are destroying the information age. We need machines and software we can trust and who don't go around spilling our secrets.

orbital-decay 8y ago
>I think we need a Geneva convention on microelectronics and informatics products. Such convention is not very useful when you can't detect and prove a violation.
tzahola 8y ago
Or you can just buy chips from companies who don't put backdoor in them.
- e12e 8y ago
  Which would be? I suppose you could run opensparc - but you'd still have to trust the fab..
- Taniwha 8y ago
  how can you tell?
sschueller 8y ago
Sadly useless if even the US doesn't sign & ratify such a thing. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_treaties_unsigned_or_unratified_by_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_treaties_unsigned_or_u...