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Can you even vet it, really? All you need is one chip with secret logic inside it, in just a handful of boards, and you are hosed. You'd have to physically insp
by larrik 5y ago
Can you even vet it, really? All you need is one chip with secret logic inside it, in just a handful of boards, and you are hosed. You'd have to physically inspect every single board, in every single piece of equipment, and even then that's not 100%. Often these devices look completely different inside from lot to lot, due to the way component sourcing works.
I think ripping them out is likely much cheaper.
- pydry 5y agoIf it's in the core, to a certain level of confidence, but it's arguably worth ripping it out because of how hard it is to have enough confidence. likewise anything that can address anything else on a network. If it's, say, a radio antenna? yeah, you can. The core was the cheapest and easiest thing to replace. It's the rest - the stuff it would be implausibly difficult to hack while we are watching which is eyewateringly expensive to rip out.