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The Dangers of Microsoft Pluton

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733 points gjsman-1000 | 2 comments | 26 Jul 22 03:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.007s | source
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metadat ◴[26 Jul 22 03:50 UTC] No.32234045[source]▶
Ew. Why are all the chip manufacturers going along with this stupid plan? I want to buy a processor and then own it and have it work in my best interests, not consume electricity and generatie heat enforcing draconian 3rd party DRM policies.
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MikusR ◴[26 Jul 22 04:56 UTC] No.32234400[source]▶
Intel started putting ME in their cpus 12 years ago.
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2Gkashmiri ◴[26 Jul 22 05:09 UTC] No.32234479[source]▶
and yet, without any evidence, huawei is being blamed for "spying".... smh
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superchroma ◴[26 Jul 22 05:20 UTC] No.32234551[source]▶
It's not mutually excusive. I think risks from hostile powers need to be called out, and I think we also need to be calling out this bad behavior on our side too.
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Schroedingersat ◴[26 Jul 22 05:54 UTC] No.32234771[source]▶
The US is a hostile power everywhere else in the world. And then also for about 4-8 out of every 8 years to its own citizens.
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1. ahartmetz ◴[26 Jul 22 09:37 UTC] No.32236148[source]▶
People should generally be most afraid of their own government - it's the one that is allowed to use violence where they live.
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2. cesarb ◴[26 Jul 22 12:33 UTC] No.32237415[source]▶
> People should generally be most afraid of their own government - it's the one that is allowed to use violence where they live.

Be careful to not forget the distinction between "being allowed to" and "being able to". There are documented cases of countries (including the USA) using violence against people even when they aren't the government where these people live.