undefined | Better HN

0 pointspmontra5y ago0 comments

The NSA bit? Do you mean this setting to toggle Intel ME?

0 comments

Yep, that's the one. I've heard people referring to it as "the NSA bit" because it was supposedly implemented at the request/demand of the NSA.

If true, the irony of the NSA asking not for their hardware to (possibly) spy on them is rich.

What is ironic about it? All spy agencies, everywhere on the planet, do two things:

* spy on others

* try not to get spied on

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointspmontra5y ago0 comments

The NSA bit? Do you mean this setting to toggle Intel ME?

Yep, that's the one. I've heard people referring to it as "the NSA bit" because it was supposedly implemented at the request/demand of the NSA.

If true, the irony of the NSA asking not for their hardware to (possibly) spy on them is rich.

What is ironic about it? All spy agencies, everywhere on the planet, do two things:

* spy on others

* try not to get spied on

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse