Chip Red Pill: Arbitrary [Micro]Code Execution Inside Intel Atom CPUs

Re:Chip Red Pill: Arbitrary [Micro]Code Execution Inside Int... by hedora on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:32AM (#30246185)

Welcome to the rabbit hole!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-...

The whole thing is worth reading, but be sure to read the section “The Irreplaceable Man” if you work anywhere near computer security. Once you understand the tactics used by crypto front companies to keep their employees in the dark, it should be pretty easy to spot such companies from the inside.

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Re:Chip Red Pill: Arbitrary [Micro]Code Execution Inside Int... by rocketChair on Monday February 07, 2022 @11:23AM (#30246929)

Good read, and it hints at just how absolutely nuts the situation is be today with almost everyone in the world having cellphones, tablets, laptops and what else running predominantly American-designed software and hardware.

Nothing is private or secure.

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Re:Chip Red Pill: Arbitrary [Micro]Code Execution Inside Int... by jeffrallen on Monday February 07, 2022 @04:48PM (#30251769)

See also, the story of allegations of attempted tampering of OpenVPN: https://lwn.net/Articles/420858/

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Re:Chip Red Pill: Arbitrary [Micro]Code Execution Inside Int... by fomine3 on Monday February 07, 2022 @07:45PM (#30253619)

* OpenBSD

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