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

• MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What’s a spychip?

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  • evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨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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      • evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sounds like most PCs today

        Bingo. Avoiding it requires either an old machine or an IBM Power 9 chip (which is relatively modern).

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    • MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are they watching me watch porn?

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      • evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not the chips I am referring to. But these will:

        slrpnk.net/post/42012494

        Watch out for them.

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