Zerohedge is reporting on a fall in Intel share price due to a 'flaw' in their latest processor core that can be exploited to gain access to stored passwords.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...cilitates-hacking-amd-surges#comment-10939045
You don't have to don the metaphorical tin foil hat to wonder why a processor would have this facility built-in, let alone 'compromised' nor do you need to read the comments below the article to have some sense of agreement with them.
So, if we are to believe that processor fabrication could (potentially) include 'back doors' to sensitive stored data on the equipment fitted with such i.e. your own PC, does anyone know when this process could have begun i.e. which processor type range was the first to include it?
Makes me want to build a browser that employs a 6502 and runs text-only......
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...cilitates-hacking-amd-surges#comment-10939045
You don't have to don the metaphorical tin foil hat to wonder why a processor would have this facility built-in, let alone 'compromised' nor do you need to read the comments below the article to have some sense of agreement with them.
So, if we are to believe that processor fabrication could (potentially) include 'back doors' to sensitive stored data on the equipment fitted with such i.e. your own PC, does anyone know when this process could have begun i.e. which processor type range was the first to include it?
Makes me want to build a browser that employs a 6502 and runs text-only......