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The first section of [1] explains that with references [1]: https://legends2k.github.io/note/clean_me https://legends2k.github.io/note/clean_me
by legends2k 6y ago
The first section of [1] explains that with references
[1]: https://legends2k.github.io/note/clean_me https://legends2k.github.io/note/clean_me
- marshmallow_12 6y agooh my. I don't see why bloomberg got all busy with hidden Chinese chips. It looks like intel already have it covered.
- ekianjo 6y agoNot just Intel. amd too.
- salawat 6y agoAlas, it is so. Graphics cards have much the same going on. It's part of why Nvidia will likely never opensource or mainline their drivers... They have a huge need for blobs and hardware backed secrecy in order to enable most systems to be compatible with HDCP. That means they need to be able to attest to their cards having not been compromised since leaving the factory. As someone could in theory cobble together an HDCP compliant rig and good heavens, might be able to intercept and decode HD content! So much of what makes the tech giants so lucrative is that they act as centralization points for industry level orchestration of what user behavior to support. You can bet that if an industry working group is stoked, there's likely hidden in there somewhere an implementation detail intended to curb an undesirable user freedom or general capability.
- mindslight 6y agoThe biggest difference is that graphics cards don't have network access. Without network access, proprietary code can be an annoyance, but won't be an outright compromise. (sure the code could still do nasty stuff like facilitate tempest or other sidechannels, but that's leaps and bounds ahead of the built in assumed-RCEs of ME/PSP).
- katbyte 6y ago> HDCP compliant rig and good heavens, might be able to intercept and decode HD content! As if that even matters - pointless standard. can't think of any content that there isn't a torrent up hours after it's available lol