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> Right now every single computer is backdoored by the governments of the most powerful countries: we have Intel MEs and AMD PSPs in the hardware, and the frame
by pfundstein 6y ago
> Right now every single computer is backdoored by the governments of the most powerful countries: we have Intel MEs and AMD PSPs in the hardware, and the frameworks everything uses - Linux, OpenSSL, etc. - are almost all huge complex codebases that the NSA has tons of zero days for.
You've giving the gubment too much credit. It's easy to throw up your hands and say "aww geez I guess everything is backdoored anyway, why bother?" -- this is exactly what they want. The truth is a lot more complex, and as a lot of leaks have revealed, their capabilities are far from the supernatural omnipotence you seem to be implying.