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

• evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are they watching me watch porn?

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    • evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

      slrpnk.net/post/42012494

      Watch out for them.

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