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> Do you trust your bios? Your usb stack? Your network card firmware? Sure, because I have the complete source code for all three of those things: https://www

• cyc116 4y ago
  But do you inspect all the source code?
  • KirillPanov 4y ago
    "You need to be able to increase the costs of getting caught" -- Edward Snowden Deliberately inserted malware, laying in plain sight in source code, is an existential risk for a company with a reputation like IBM's. Of course, there isn't a 100% guarantee of it being noticed, but a 1% chance of that happening is enough for them to tell the spooks to fuck off. Special Access Programs only work because God-mode coprocessors like the Intel ME ensure zero risk of blowback for the manufacturer. Force them to have skin in the game and they aren't pushovers anymore.