• fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Media: So… you know those high-tech chipmaking machines? The ones banned for sale to China. The ones needed to make the processors for phones, cars, TVs, and AI servers. What happens if China invades Taiwan? Doesn’t Taiwan have a lot of those machines?

    Manufacturer: not a problem.

    Media: Phew. Glad that’s settled… Say, how come?

    Manufacturer: (slaps the roof of the $250M machine). We can lock this baby remotely. In fact, here’s the remote (pulls out a keyfob).

    Media: OK, cool, cool.

    Techies of the world: WHAT THE ACTUAL FU… !!!

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      Techies: what if it bricks accidentally?

      Manufacturer: *spinning the key fob* we didn’t think that far, to be honest

      A few moments later

      Manufacturer: *proceeds to drop the remote and accidentally bricks everything*

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      6 months ago

      This is entirely expected to any computer avid person tho no? Its like all computerized things today. Military equipment, trains, tractors, cars, web services, phones etc. Everything is backdoored and remotely controllable.