/tech/ - Technology★

It isn't. Corporate niggers want all the latest features in their products. It's the same shit as smart meters and smart TVs.

>inb4 muh cut costs

>>1014607 (OP)

For security reasons, anon. You... you don't intend to argue with *security* reasons, do you...? Thank you for helping us help (You) help us all.

>>1014607 (OP)

>why

For the same reasons Intel is ignoring anyone trying to get inquisitive about ME/AMT.

If RSA was paid $10m to backdoor their somewhat niche products, how much do you suppose IntelAMD would earn backdooring theirs?

>>1014607 (OP)

I would guess than security coprocessors were used as a bandaid to cover erratas and design issues, and bit by bit they became a crutch to ensure corret functioning of the whole thing.

Wouldn't be the first time a safeguard was abused in such a way.

>>1014607 (OP)

>This question is Not Answered.

AMD PSP botnet confirmed, looks like it's POWER9 or nothing.

>>1014607 (OP)

It's required because the engineers would get fired if they didn't put it in and make it required.

>>1014651

>If RSA was paid $10m to backdoor their somewhat niche products, how much do you suppose IntelAMD would earn backdooring theirs?

$1b or more

hard to resist with that. and buyer could offer whatever amount because it's taxpayers who will pay for that

it is possible that private corporations also participated and payed some, as ME/PSP can be used for their purposes and for DRM

>>1014740

>It's required because the engineers would get fired if they didn't put it in and make it required.

who told the engineers to do it and why?

There is nothing wrong with TrustZone. Change my mind.

>>1014607 (OP)

I think I read somewhere that instead of spending lots of effort developing exploits in a rat-race with security researchers the intelligence agencies have chosen a strategy to promote insecure design decisions. You know things like Cloud, javascript based web development, PSP and ME, Cloudflare mitm on many websites and authorities completely ignoring the ddos problem, it would make sense. Was it in the Snowden leaks or something like that?

>>1015383

The Heartbleed bug shows the cianiggers in action. Make some really shitty design "by mistake" and then oops, we didn't know, etc.

These fuckers probably also sit on standards committees, in order to make sure no compliant implementations are safe.

>>1015432

why don't we eliminate them?

if there is no cia niggers, they cannot do anything

we need elimination