People online were making fun at my old PC still running an FX 8350. That one was released before all this. Who’s laughing now? I’m only partially kidding lol.
Comment on Intel is a security risk for China, says influential industry group.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
According to the translation I read, the security-related complaint in CSAC’s post is mainly about Intel Management Engine. And you know what? They’re right. It is a back door, and it is a security risk. Not a new or obscure one, though, and not just for China.
The risks imposed by Intel Management Engine and AMD’s Platform Security Processor have been known for several CPU generations. Obviously, a lot of us are unhappy about this and would like a way to disable them.
support.system76.com/articles/intel-me/
hackaday.com/…/disable-intels-backdoor-on-modern-…
Instead, these components have been made more and more integrated with core system functionality, making the prospect of disabling them less and less practical. I fear it may take legislation to give us back control of the computers we supposedly own.
Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
I’m online, and I commend you for continuing to use your hardware for as long as it does the job, instead of adding to the world’s energy, material, and e-waste problems. Well done.
tekato@lemmy.world 2 days ago
He is adding to the world’s energy given that an FX 8350 is slower than something like a Ryzen 5600 at twice the TDP.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Your hypothetical energy savings from new hardware is meaningless unless you subtract from it the energy use from manufacturing and distributing a new system, as well as that from disposing of the old one.
Also, you haven’t addressed the other problems mentioned at all.
tekato@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The government is the reason why you have backdoors built into your computers and routers.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Government comprises many departments and organizations, which do many things. It’s not a single blob of all good or all bad.
Also, not all back doors and CPU bugs are government-imposed.
tekato@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t remember saying the contrary. When one part of the government does something, it was still the government.
Don’t remember saying every single backdoor is government-imposed. Fact is there’s at least one backdoor that is for the government, whether there’s 1 or 5 doesn’t really matter.