In two years no one will care about it. States turn down buying Intel now but
then they will start buying again.
Why would he risk losing sales to foreign countries when he could have denied
it was true?
They were on the list (or at least some of the officials were), but nearer
the bottom of the list than the top. I'm more concerned about malware and
attacks on infrastructure etc.
Omg could this mean that somebody is spying on us?? And that we can't trust
intel??
I really heard more surprising news in my live.
By not answering, he did answer, assuming these reports are true. Now rogue
states and criminal crackers know there's something worth looking for. Great.
Not answering is not a proof of anything.
And, when speaking of rogue states and criminal crackers, you can put the
US and EU (a.k.a. Western) governments, and their agencies, on top of the
list.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/intel-ceo-refuses-to-answer-questions-on-whether-nsa-can-access-processors.html
(One most interesting paragraph, from the text, relating to Free Software:)
In December, developers of the FreeBSD operating system noted that they
could no longer trust[*] Intel and
