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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by nemo44x on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:28PM (#18143369)
How do you know that the DoD/CIA isn't behind this?
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by hart_russell on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:46PM (#18143518)
Because it came from Chinese manufacturers. Did you read the article?
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by nemo44x on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:00PM (#18144042)
Why does that matter at all? How do you know the CIA didn't use Chinese spies to do this? Although from a different agency, the motto "Nothing Is Beyond Our Reach" is telling.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by ticviking on Thursday October 04, 2018 @05:24PM (#18143810)
What evidence do you have to suggest that?
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by nemo44x on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:03PM (#18144076)
None at all. I'm not saying it is the CIA. But it isn't like they do't have a history of wanting to spy on anyone they could.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by slothr on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:23PM (#18144750)
my bets on the lizard people
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