Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. - eviltoast
    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      no, you’re thinking about it wrong. The whole point of a doomsday machine is useless if it’s countered by simply being known about.

      China knowing how TSMC has their delete key working, shouldn’t make a fucking difference, on whether or not it works. If it does, it’s not a very good delete key, because china probably already knows how it works, as well as the US.

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        6 months ago

        You need to watch Dr. Strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb by Stanley Kubrik friend.

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          6 months ago

          probably, i’m just repeating standard rules of security practice though. If it’s only secure because someone doesn’t know about it. It’s not secure.

          I highly doubt TSMC is doing anything less than the state of the art practices with regards to this problem.