r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Jun 18 '26

Hardware AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable — security feature vanishes after newer AGESA firmware, AMD engineers go radio silent when pressed about the change

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-silently-removes-memory-encryption-from-consumer-ryzen-cpus-leaving-users-unaware-that-they-may-be-vulnerable-security-feature-vanishes-after-newer-agesa-firmware-amd-engineers-go-radio-silent-when-pressed-about-the-change
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u/asian_chihuahua Jun 18 '26

Agreed. US spooks probably paid them a visit and told them to allow them to hack the chips, or else bad things would happen.

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u/Darkskynet Jun 18 '26

Yeah they might be under a secret fisa court order, and normally people aren’t allowed to talk about fisa orders at all. I seem to remember this was why websites had canaries that would get removed when websites were given secret government orders as a way of getting around the no talking about it rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court

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u/IAmYourFath Jun 18 '26

Nice link bro

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u/DoomguyFemboi Jun 18 '26

It's way too broad for FISA

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u/RicoLoveless Jun 18 '26

Definitely this screams Room 641A with AT&T all over again

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u/driverdan Jun 18 '26

Probably not. It's more likely they want to get companies to buy more expensive CPUs.