14 Apr
2015
14 Apr
'15
10:40 a.m.
They're based on arrangements with the manufacturer to create a means of entering the computer and controlling it. --Dan
On Apr 13, 2015, at 9:26 PM, Dave Dyer <ddyer@real-me.net> wrote:
At 09:07 PM 4/13/2015, Dan Asimov wrote:
Don't know if this is what you have in mind, but hasn't the gov't (I don't know which agencies, exactly) arranged to be able to bypass any "password protected" login (at least on personal computers) via some kind of back door built into the machines?
There have been at least strong rumors to that effect.
sure, but are they based on flaws hidden by the complexity of the chips, or on ordinary software that uses well understood behavior?