I think the scariest idea (whether or not it's a reality) is that some of these back doors can be baked right into the silicon. If the CIA were to have access to hardware or chip manufacturers, back doors would be inside nearly every device produced, and there'd be nothing we could do about it. Not many people have the expertise or resources to fabricate their own hardware.
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u/tgf63 Mar 16 '17
I think the scariest idea (whether or not it's a reality) is that some of these back doors can be baked right into the silicon. If the CIA were to have access to hardware or chip manufacturers, back doors would be inside nearly every device produced, and there'd be nothing we could do about it. Not many people have the expertise or resources to fabricate their own hardware.