> What's stopping targeted attacks via custom modifications of ARM or x86 chips? Nothing, if you have power over the manufacturers. (Usually governments) But

> What's stopping targeted attacks via custom modifications of ARM or x86 chips? Nothing, if you have power over the manufacturers. (Usually governments) But now, with RISC-V, anybody with deep enough pockets to spare a few million can create fake silicon, where you'd need an electron microscope to prove, that you got an "enhanced by TAO" chip.