While you may not be an agent for Kim Jong-un, it's completely within
the realm of possibilities. This is a huge problem and there may be
HUGE consequences.
Not so fun when YOU'RE the target of accusations masked as ambiguity,
is it?
There's a reason we were taught at the age of 10 not to spread rumors.
Just for the record, I highly doubt you're an agent for Kim Jong-un.
SteveT
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:41:47 -0700
techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> While this article may not be factual, it is completely within the
> realm of possibilities. This is a huge problem and there may be HUGE
> consequences.
>
> What I'd like to know is how these issues persisted for over 20 years
> without detection. I assume Intel, AMD and the other chip
> manufactures have some really smart people on staff. Given that, how
> did these issues, that are basic to the CPU functionality, become
> built in without detection (or functionality left out). How is it
> that some guy reading the CPU manual discovered he could trick the
> CPU into spilling it's cache so he can have access to other programs
> data. How is it that under certain circumstances Kernel memory can
> be accessed giving away the store.
>
> I've read these issues may have persisted as far back as 1995. How
> does that happen? How does an army of engineers miss this for 23
> years? How do you explain that?
>
> That means lots of people came and went. There should have been lots
> of QA... for 23 years.
>
> How does this happen? Only two ways I can see 1) sloppy work, or 2)
> intentionally.
>
> We all know that every phone call and electronic message is stored in
> Government warehouse(s). We have all heard that it is possible to
> function our cellular phones remotely so others can spy on us. And
> there is much more....
>
> If this was done for the Gov. Maybe it was done for national
> security -- not meant to be used against U.S.citizens. Maybe it was
> done (if intentional) to give the Gov the ability to spy on our
> adversaries. Maybe it started out innocently.
>
> The bottom line is we have a HUGE problem that will take years to
> work though. And we have a HUGE question of how did this persist
> for 23 years without detection?
>
>
>
> On 2018-01-10 22:03, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:39:54 -0700
> > techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Who knows if this is true, however here it is:
> >>
> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTS_Stream/comments/7pb7pv/intels_security_flaw_is_no_flaw/?st=jc9a2mp7&sh=7ef2e2c1
> >
> > I would hope people smart enough and possessing enough knowledge of
> > logic to program computers would have the smarts and logic not to
> > pass along "information" like this, even with the "who knows if
> > this is true" disclaimer. I didn't see one reference to a remotely
> > credible source, and I saw an obvious political agenda in both the
> > article and the comments.
> >
> > I went up the URL to https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTS_Stream/ and still
> > saw nothing but drivel from wannabe poser internet journalists
> > making up unsupported pseudo-speculations. No different from the
> > tabloids at the checkout line, except probably less credible.
> >
> > Passing along a URL to a sewer site like this is a disservice to
> > all, and lowers your credibility, "who knows if this is true" not
> > withstanding. I hope nobody passes this further, because it's almost
> > certainly just plain bullshit.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > December 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
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