If you don't trust the CPU vendor in your machine you have bigger problems.

RobotToaster · 2026-01-05T10:22:03 1767608523

Given that the Intel ME and AMD PSP are both backdoors, we all have problems.

commandersaki · 2026-01-05T11:10:19 1767611419

Who has the keys to this backdoor? [for the curious]

immibis · 2026-01-05T14:43:23 1767624203

At a minimum, Intel and AMD.

commandersaki · 2026-01-05T16:44:38 1767631478

What kind of keys are they? In that same regard, Apple holds the keys to sign software for secure enclaves on iDevices and Macs, does that make them backdoored, since they can control execution on the firmware that protects everyone's authentication data and secrets?

immibis · 2026-01-05T19:06:18 1767639978

Yes, Apple products are backdoored - not just through esoteric keys, but also because they're uploading your pictures to the mothership "to check they're not hild porn."

commandersaki · 2026-01-05T22:06:08 1767650768

because they're uploading your pictures to the mothership "to check they're not hild porn."

Citation needed.

Also, if virtually every software that is updateable by a vendor, then going by your argument, everything is a backdoor. Not a very useful term then.

ahoka · 2026-01-06T11:58:38 1767700718

It’s only a backdoor if it’s undocumented.

LtWorf · 2026-01-05T10:51:59 1767610319

Yes we do have those big problems.