"You need to be able to increase the costs of getting caught" -- Edward Snowden
Deliberately inserted malware, laying in plain sight in source code, is an existential risk for a company with a reputation like IBM's. Of course, there isn't a 100% guarantee of it being noticed, but a 1% chance of that happening is enough for them to tell the spooks to fuck off.
Special Access Programs only work because God-mode coprocessors like the Intel ME ensure zero risk of blowback for the manufacturer. Force them to have skin in the game and they aren't pushovers anymore.
Deliberately inserted malware, laying in plain sight in source code, is an existential risk for a company with a reputation like IBM's. Of course, there isn't a 100% guarantee of it being noticed, but a 1% chance of that happening is enough for them to tell the spooks to fuck off.
Special Access Programs only work because God-mode coprocessors like the Intel ME ensure zero risk of blowback for the manufacturer. Force them to have skin in the game and they aren't pushovers anymore.