Nvidia slams idea of backdoors in AI chips
Published in News
Wednesday, 06 August 2025 10:33

Nvidia slams idea of backdoors in AI chips


Kill switches would be a gift to hackers, not national security

Nvidia has come out swinging against the idea of embedding backdoors or kill switches in its AI hardware, calling the notion dangerous and unworkable.

Cisco backdoor patched. Huawei the lads!
Published in Network


Sorry, China - not you. It is Cisco

US Cisco networking giant Cisco patched a security vulnerability in some of its network switches that could take over IT equipment and spy on people.

US does not need court order for backdoors
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Wednesday, 06 December 2017 12:00

US does not need court order for backdoors


Our spies can do what they like

The increasingly autocratic oligarchic junta running the United States has decided it does not need any court order to insist that software companies give its spooks backdoor access to their products.