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by shaftway 976 days ago
It's not just in CPUs. The government stipulates this in munitions that are sold / given / whatever to other countries, including allies. They agree to send bombs with guidance accurate to 10m, then send some bombs capable of guidance accurate to 1m, but with that capability locked out.

Source: I interviewed for a job attempting to hack these munitions to re-enable the functionality, as a cross-check that they were locked out well.