Researchers can slip an undetectable trojan into Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUS

Re:Researchers can slip an undetectable trojan into Intel’s ... by makomk on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:29PM (#6406587)

Before: it's no big deal, how likely is is that someone could compromise RDRAND without anyone noticing After: what's the big fuss, everyone who counts already treats RDRAND as compromised

Why does this always happen with stories like this one?

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Re:Researchers can slip an undetectable trojan into Intel’s ... by denosa on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @02:30PM (#6407046)

Possibly because almost every single post like this brings out the same apologists. The same apologists get voted sky high.

The proper question is how do the same apologists get voted to the moon and posts such as this get deleted?

We already know of corporate astroturfing. Could that be happening on HN? Nah, unpossible.

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Re:Researchers can slip an undetectable trojan into Intel’s ... by harshreality on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @03:05PM (#6407308)

Are you suggesting NSAstroturfing?

The government has engaged in that sort of thing before. http://rezn8d.net/2012/10/19/us-defense-contractors-sock-pup...

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