[rkangel]

Not all of the functionality is in the firmware though. You can put stuff in the silicon itself that allows backdoors.

It's very difficult to inspect a laid out chip for nefarious elements - there's too much of it to do manually. Having a secure supply chain is probably the best way to prevent that happening.

Which is not to say that I support this rule - it sounds like another import weapon trump can swing against people who aren't his friends.

[autoexec]

> You can put stuff in the silicon itself that allows backdoors.

Very few companies make the chips too. It'd be very easy for the government to force them to add backdoors.