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EVOSexyBeast t1_j93bbcb wrote

Reply to comment by theantig in The Coca-Cola phone comes with a coke-themed exterior and software by MicroSofty88

Even software for many chips on the iPhone is Chinese.

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BooksandBiceps t1_j94ir89 wrote

Like what exactly?

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CaptRon25 t1_j96xbql wrote

10 bucks says they won't reply. Easy for them to talk out of their ass

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EVOSexyBeast t1_j99bsk6 wrote

The companies that physically make the chips (in china) also make the software for the chips. They go hand in hand and you can’t do one without the other. Exactly naming which chip on the iPhones i don’t know, that’s all proprietary informations.

It all is heavily monitored by Apple, but it’s not beyond the realm of the possibility spyware gets hidden into the chips. There are also independent researchers that look out for things like that (it’s how US malware on Iranian computers was made public), and probably the US government as well but any such efforts are classified.

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BooksandBiceps t1_j9adiq3 wrote

Can you show me where China makes the software for the Apple SoC? Nothing I’ve read supports that and it’d be in Apples best interest by far to ensure that it’s the exact code intended.

Simply having a chip made in China doesn’t mean it’s written by the Chinese or they have final say (though Apple is probably one of VERY few businesses that can say that).

I’m 100% pro Chinese bugs in everything, TikTok is spyware, Huwai is spyware, but the basis of what you’re implying is wrong - that it’s Chinese written - so your implications are suspect as well

Just looked at the instruction set source and yeah, not Chinese.

Also, TSMC is Taiwan so while final production may occur in China, what you’re saying about the chip is bollocks

Also, saying it’s not beyond their capacity while simultaneously claiming it’s true (ignoring the other fallacies) doesn’t work out man

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CaptRon25 t1_j9d0axh wrote

Pretty familiar with the semiconductor industry. Applied Materials

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theantig t1_j93bfqm wrote

I know apple goes through it and controls it. My friend of 28 years is an electrical engineer for apple.

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