Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs

Re:Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs by bassiee on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:40AM (#49219952)

For Intel-ME and AMD PSP, you fundamentally can't see the backdoor they could produce unless you probe the seperate chip lol.

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Re:Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs by po1nt on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:38AM (#49220205)

Or we use AI to find bug in those systems. Along with the way to completely disable those.

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Re:Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs by codedokode on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:55AM (#49220293)

If you have an AI, you could make it analyze crystal photos?

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Re:Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs by BoingBoomTschak on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:19AM (#49221121)

Even before that, wasn't SMM the OG x86 backdoor?

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