NSA's BIOS Backdoor a.k.a. God Mode Malware

Re:NSA's BIOS Backdoor a.k.a. God Mode Malware by Padding on Monday August 18, 2014 @02:49AM (#8191640)

> Isn't this changing the devil you know for one you don't?

I don't think so.

How likely is it that China spying on you will actually impact your life, if you're living somewhere in the US or Europe?

Compare this to How likely is it that the US spying on you will actually impact your life, if you're living somewhere in the US or Europe...

I mean sure, this may be a relevant consideration for actual terrorists, but hardly for "regular" people that are more concerned about mundane details like their unhealthy dietary habbits being leaked to insurance companies, or their downloading of youtube videos being leaked to copyright holders.

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Re:NSA's BIOS Backdoor a.k.a. God Mode Malware by safeaim on Monday August 18, 2014 @03:18AM (#8191702)

Well, one of the risks that you face in a state-sponsored advisory is industrial espionage, and that is as likely to come from China [1] as it is coming from the NSA [2].

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/20/news/china-espionage-busines... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-braz...

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Re:NSA's BIOS Backdoor a.k.a. God Mode Malware by Padding on Monday August 18, 2014 @06:03AM (#8192015)

This may just be paranoia on my part, but wouldn't being a target of industrial espionage by the Chinese make you already important/big enough to have the NSA working for rather than against you?

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Re:NSA's BIOS Backdoor a.k.a. God Mode Malware by safeaim on Monday August 18, 2014 @07:23AM (#8192180)

Not if you're in a competing country to both US and China. The world is bigger than the US :-)

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