Now that's a rumour... spy chips or not?

[Omega Mac]

I have always wondered too, due to the reliance on Chinese manufacturing and what goes on in China but assumed if it were so and it was to hit main stream news, then Apple would suffer perhaps irreparable repetitional damage and stock price consequences, but then again that could be incredibly naïve - when you think about how markets have and are manipulated.

Greg Rubini‏ @GregRubini

1. Apple is a much Bigger issue than Huawei. all Apple products are made in CHINA. iPhones, iPads, etc. all Apple products have Chinese spy-chips installed in them. and all our information are sent to Chinese Intel Agencies - via these backdoors.

8:12 AM - 4 Feb 2019

https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1092455856829014016

 

[AidenShaw]

I have always wondered too, due to the reliance on Chinese manufacturing and what goes on in China but assumed if it were so and it was to hit main stream news, then Apple would suffer perhaps irreparable repetitional damage and stock price consequences, but then again that could be incredibly naïve - when you think about how markets have and are manipulated.

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[Mr_Brightside_@]

LOL

 

[Vspruce]

Well i will give that a second though if you have some reliable report (as in more creditable than a Twitterpost). And i think that most (all) Apple products (hardware) has been pretty thoroughly examined by independent sources, so if there really was a "spychip" we would know about it.

 

[Tech198]

Well i will give that a second though if you have some reliable report (as in more creditable than a Twitterpost). And i think that most (all) Apple products (hardware) has been pretty thoroughly examined by independent sources, so if there really was a "spychip" we would know about it.

Unless if you were the NSA.. their "so called' "skunk-works" could of rubbed off somewhere.

Very unlikely, but not impossible either. How much heat did that Bloomberg story prove ? and a reliable source too...

Now, imagine that happening all over the world. But the outcome this time, would be "true"

I still believe, if someone were to spy (from a chip design perspective), they would have no problem remaining undetected. All you gotta do is outbeat the best. And so far, China looks set to be the winner.

Rumor today, could be facts tomorrow.

 

[infiniteentropy]

The problem with this is Apple's security layers and custom chips that validate all info via certificates and other processes, like the T1 and T2 chips.

If a variance in the custody chain happened, those chips would go haywire.

 

[Tech198]

No one thinks there are smarter folks out there than the ones who design the T2 chip or in a company?

 

[AustinIllini]

The problem with this is Apple's security layers and custom chips that validate all info via certificates and other processes, like the T1 and T2 chips.

If a variance in the custody chain happened, those chips would go haywire.

This. For an example, look back to iOS 8.0.1 back in 2014. There was a major bug in the release which broke the LTE radio. When the radio stopped working correctly, TouchID went crazy and stopped working.