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What's going on at Israel Inside (Intel)? (lunduke.locals.com)
posted 1 year ago by DragonsDontEatSoy on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +22Score on mirror )
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Brannvesen on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
AMD has for a long time been on the forefront when it comes to open source drivers and firmware. After all, if this spyware ends up in a government computer they basically fuck themselves when national secrets leaks out to the enemy.

Besides, most sheep will voluntary install software anyway that lets the government spy on them so there's really no need for spyware built into the firmware anymore. Probably best to just not buy the most recent product, wait a few years until all the secrets and exploits are known and until alternative open source firmware is available when needed.
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DragonsDontEatSoy on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
Government commissions intel/amd to make chips specifically for them that don't have spyware
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Brannvesen on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
It's the same firmware, but they can turn it off via a specific bios setting. That's the problem, such setting can be forgotten about, someone with physical access can change it, the bios battery can run out so that the settings reset and so on.

The only specialized firmware they get is the ability to change the required flag in bios while the CPUs themselves are identical to other professional/enterprise models sold.
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