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    "Hardware Backdoors"

    Quote Originally Posted by MIT Technology Review
    In 2011, General Michael Hayden, who had earlier been director of both the [NSA] and the [CIA], described the idea of computer hardware with hidden “backdoors” planted by an enemy as “the problem from hell.” This month, news reports based on leaked documents said that the NSA itself has used that tactic, working with U.S. companies to insert secret backdoors into chips and other hardware to aid its surveillance efforts....
    http://www.technologyreview.com/news...lem-from-hell/



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    There was been a big push towards open source hardware lately, because of this problem. None fully exist yet but we're getting closer with products like the beaglebone and raspberry pi.

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    This goes here,,

    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

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    And you may find this useful,,

    Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
    Ron Paul 2004

    Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
    It's all about Freedom

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    goes deeper:



    (and unrelated but interesting, 3minutes into this one below - recovers stolen Mac)




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