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Because after a certain year chipmakers started building silicon level backdoors; probably under pressure by the NSA.
by dannyw 5y ago
Because after a certain year chipmakers started building silicon level backdoors; probably under pressure by the NSA.
- luke2m 5y agoI understand that, just wish it wasn’t true.
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- matheusmoreira 5y agoWe won't ever be free until we can compete with chipmakers ourselves. We can make free software at home but making computer hardware requires billions. Maybe one day it will be possible to manufacture chips at home.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago> probably under pressure by the NSA. Probably? Do you have a source for that claim? Show me evidence that the NSA pressured for silicon level back doors. Why would the government backdoor or cripple the security of their own machines?
- vorpalhex 5y agohttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/09/more-detail-on-the-juniper-hack-and-the-nsa-prng-backdoor.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/09/more-detail-o...