[pabloski]

I think we need a Geneva convention on microelectronics and informatics products. We are growing tired of this spy bullshit by the so-called super powers.

They are destroying the information age. We need machines and software we can trust and who don't go around spilling our secrets.

[sschueller]

Sadly useless if even the US doesn't sign & ratify such a thing. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_treaties_unsigned_or_u...

[orbital-decay]

>I think we need a Geneva convention on microelectronics and informatics products.

Such convention is not very useful when you can't detect and prove a violation.

[tzahola]

Or you can just buy chips from companies who don't put backdoor in them.

[e12e]

Which would be? I suppose you could run opensparc - but you'd still have to trust the fab..

[Taniwha]

how can you tell?