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Although it would be much (much) more elaborate, a counterfeit BMC could have hidden ROMs or bootloaders capable of opening backdoors into running machines.

wmf 5y ago
Note that the BMC chip comes from a different company (ASPEED) who has not been implicated in this "stickergate".
- bruce343434 5y ago
  perhaps off-topic, but where does the -gate suffix come from? It seems it can be replaced by "troubles". Gamer troubles. Sticker troubles. But what does -gate even mean?
  - freeman478 5y ago
    I think it comes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
    - handrous 5y ago
      Ah, good old Watergate-gate.
  - CBLT 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_a...
  - cipheredStones 5y ago
    This is covered by the Wikipedia articles others have linked, but briefly: Richard Nixon (US President from 1969-1974) was forced to resign by the revelation that he had paid for criminals to break into the Democratic Party's campaign headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. The entire affair became known as Watergate. Later, one of Nixon's former speechwriters, William Safire, propagated the use of -gate as a generic suffix for any type of scandal, notably including very minor ones. It's likely that part of why he did this was to retrospectively diminish the perceived seriousness of the Watergate scandal.
  - mensetmanusman 5y ago
    Have you heard about the gategate? https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/gategate-its-a-scandal-that-we-revert-so-easily-to-the-gate-suffix/ https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/gategate-its-...
  - EvanAnderson 5y ago
    Meta-grumble: I am so tired of "-gate" being added to "controversy names". It continues to lose cultural relevance (as evidenced by your post) yet it hangs on.
    - thaumasiotes 5y ago
      > It continues to lose cultural relevance (as evidenced by your post) Huh? How much cultural relevance do you expect words to have? The only word in your comment you could even make a case for is the "meta-".

wmf 5y ago

Note that the BMC chip comes from a different company (ASPEED) who has not been implicated in this "stickergate".

bruce343434 5y ago
perhaps off-topic, but where does the -gate suffix come from? It seems it can be replaced by "troubles". Gamer troubles. Sticker troubles. But what does -gate even mean?
- freeman478 5y ago
  I think it comes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
  - handrous 5y ago
    Ah, good old Watergate-gate.
- CBLT 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_a...
- cipheredStones 5y ago
  This is covered by the Wikipedia articles others have linked, but briefly: Richard Nixon (US President from 1969-1974) was forced to resign by the revelation that he had paid for criminals to break into the Democratic Party's campaign headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. The entire affair became known as Watergate. Later, one of Nixon's former speechwriters, William Safire, propagated the use of -gate as a generic suffix for any type of scandal, notably including very minor ones. It's likely that part of why he did this was to retrospectively diminish the perceived seriousness of the Watergate scandal.
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Have you heard about the gategate? https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/gategate-its-a-scandal-that-we-revert-so-easily-to-the-gate-suffix/ https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/gategate-its-...
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  Meta-grumble: I am so tired of "-gate" being added to "controversy names". It continues to lose cultural relevance (as evidenced by your post) yet it hangs on.
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    > It continues to lose cultural relevance (as evidenced by your post) Huh? How much cultural relevance do you expect words to have? The only word in your comment you could even make a case for is the "meta-".