On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:06:58AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: > On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 01:22 -0400, grarpamp wrote: > > https://boingboing.net/2016/06/15/intel-x86-processors-ship-with.html > > Recent Intel x86 processors implement a secret, powerful control > > mechanism that runs on a separate chip that no one is allowed to audit > > or examine. > > > > https://libreboot.org/faq/ > > Links being mostly on the billions of gates we know exist, > > unfortunately not on the top secret ones we don't... > > A computer inside a computer, running an OS the users can't change or > audit. What could possibly go wrong? And what derelict clown thought up > this idea?
The derelict clowns at the NSA and other US MIC organs, who pay a pretty penny for the in CPU operating system! And, of course, the derelict clowns heading up Intel who take the money. > The existence of this malware is bad enough if it can be disabled, or > changed to no longer be a threat. The fact that the CPU will not boot or > will not stay running if this "other" CPU is physically removed, makes > this a disaster. This makes the Pentium FDIV and F00F bugs look like the > missing yellow key bug in MAP31 of the TNT: Evilution episode of Final > Doom. (Which is to say, an annoyance but one which can be easily worked > around.) > > Do AMD CPUs have these yet? How about other manufacturers (if there are > any left)? Is this something we have to worry about today on any new > computer designed for Intel CPUs, or is this just for "enterprise-level" > gear? How do I know if a computer has this *before* I buy it? You sir, are not entitled to know! Now get back to your subservient life, peasant!
