• Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I would not put any trust in China to not have backdoors in their chips. Historically speaking, they’ve done this more than once. Frankly I wouldn’t trust any large company - many companies have also done this historically and there’s an incentive for them to do so, government money and backing.

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        2 years ago

        You know, revisiting some of these articles I read back in the day makes me wonder whether it was actually propaganda spun up by the US govt (or agents on behalf of it) to sow distrust in the Chinese government. With that being said, however, I wouldn’t trust any government or company with being any more truly secure - there’s too many incentives not to be.

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        2 years ago

        and if they did, how will they use it against us? Possible, but so difficult than it is unlikely.

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        2 years ago

        There’s a chip on display at the Spy Museum that is supposedly bugged by China. I think it was targeted and meant for equipment going to a military installation though.