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A comment on AMD's Firmware TPMs Vulnerable to Hardware Attacks, Defeating Disk Encryption. Parent comment

Re:AMD's Firmware TPMs Vulnerable to Hardware Attacks, Defea... by ilyt on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:33PM (#35794534)
> "Plug this chip that says made in China into your mainboard, for security reasons, to continue." is not really emitting trust or confidence in any way. "

I'm sure 30 other chips made in china on same board are entirely fine

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Re:AMD's Firmware TPMs Vulnerable to Hardware Attacks, Defea... by kaetemi on Friday May 05, 2023 @04:08PM (#35834522)
Yeah, but from a user POV at least those are functional and not just for vaguely specified "security reasons".
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