Comment on Local charity shop rejects pre-spychip PCs. Then they get destroyed.

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• evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  2013

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  • MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’s a spychip?

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    • evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Microprocessors embedded within a microprocessor which either facilitate remote access or impose closed source software.

      • www.intel.com/content/www/us/…/technologies.html
      • web.archive.org/…/the-intel-backdoor-nobody-can-r…
      • consumerrights.wiki/…/AMD_Platform_Security_Proce…
      • hackaday.com/…/flaw-in-amd-platform-security-proc…

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      • vext01@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sounds like most PCs today tbh, bar a few niche machines.

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      • MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are they watching me watch porn?

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