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Chinese security officials call for investigation of Intel CPUs for chip failures and security flaws, says chipmaker 'threatens national security' (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The intel management engine and amd equivalent are already claimed to be backdoors. Hard to say for sure but we already know IME has/had multiple vulnerabilities, and is on when your computer is connected to power even if its turned off.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Waiter! Waiter! More spyware please!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Ya the media is just being intentionally obtuse. "Well we arent sure what silly China is talking about. Back doors ppssshhh ya right."