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I mean, the Russian Elbrus chips boot Windows (and a version of Windows built from source by Russians), all without Intel ME or AMD PSP. But modern Elbrus is f
by monocasa 5y ago
I mean, the Russian Elbrus chips boot Windows (and a version of Windows built from source by Russians), all without Intel ME or AMD PSP. But modern Elbrus is fabbed by TSMC.
And security agencies have proved that they take a layered, multipronged approach to SIGINT, even against companies that are directly working with them. Google working with the NSA didn't stop the NSA from also tapping Google's inter-datacenter traffic without telling Google.
- heavyset_go 5y agoDo you have more information about the second version of Windows that was compiled? I never looked at the leaked source code, but was under the impression that it wouldn't compile into a usable system.
- duskwuff 5y agoThere have been multiple leaks of Windows source code. At least one of them included almost everything required to build Windows XP: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-after-user-compiles-the-leaked-code-into-a-working-os/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-afte... The only missing component was winlogin.exe, probably because of its involvement with the activation process.
- monocasa 5y agoAnd I can tell you having put winlogon under ghidra (and before that, IDA) that there's really not all that much in there.
- monocasa 5y agoMicrosoft just gives large state actors full source access to alleviate their fears of precompiled software, including Russia. https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-turns-over-all-win7-and-server-source-code-to-russias-new-kgb/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-turns-over-all-win7-... That being said, some of the leaks also simply provide enough code to compile a more or less complete system. https://fossbytes.com/youtuber-compiles-windows-xp-leaked-source-code/ https://fossbytes.com/youtuber-compiles-windows-xp-leaked-so...