Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government

Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by phkahler on Sunday January 28, 2018 @09:29PM (#16254919)

There is a practical equivalence between governments. If one government could make the case that they should be informed, then any government who bought systems with "Intel Inside" could make the same argument. If you want to split governments into groups based on some notion of morality then you may want to question why a company would be allowed to do business with a country on the wrong side of that morality in the first place. That's actually a discussion I'd like to see.

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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by tomohawk on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:21AM (#16256379)

Practically speaking, providing an exploit to the Russian government vs the US government - that would be a different effect, no? How would you justify providing the exploit to the North Koreans, or the Iranians?

There is a very practical morality at play here. The Chinese government runs protesters over with tanks, imprisons people without cause, attacks their neighbors without cause, etc. Would it be a good thing to aid such a government?

Putting all governments on the same moral plane is counterproductive and nonsensical. Not providing important information to your own government so that they can secure the very systems that protect you - that doesn't seem very practical.

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Re:Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. ... by sammoorhouse on Monday January 29, 2018 @02:37PM (#16260030)

> The Chinese government runs protesters over with tanks, imprisons people without cause, attacks their neighbors without cause, etc.

Oh come on, you're making it too easy!

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