I7778cx:
What is the realistic view on backdoors/spyware in the hardware of tech like pcs? As a regular person should I worry about china or the us trying to spy on me through these backdoors?
Specs:
The CPU is AMD and the WIFI adapter is AMD as well. The motherboard is some proprietary brand (some Chinese name, this has me worried the most). The chipset and bridge are both AMD and the LPCIO is Nuvoton. The bios is American Megatrends. I bought it barebones for like $200 (no RAM, no SSD) and I installed my own RAM and SSD with a new install of windows.
Hi there l778cx, I’m having the same problem as you…
I keep thinking “What’s the point of running a 100% secure OS and only installing secure Apps if there’s a hardware backdoor in the motherboard or some other component I’m using?”
If it helps you, we’ve come up with some solutions in this thread I made:
Good morning,
I want to build a new PC Tower.
I want to build it from scratch but I don’t know which brands to trust?
I don’t mind buying a pre-made PC Tower from someone like Acer or Dell, but it just seems so easy for them to install Apps that run in the background that sends telemetry about everything a user is doing even if the user is being careful and follows the great guidelines on PrivacyGuides?
I know the profit margins are very slim on these pre-made PC Towers and these pre-made PC…