Not debunked, to me anyway. And I’m an EE, specialized in digital design. I read the makn article, and it certainly is plausable.
I have het to see anyone with actual EE knowledge explain why it isn’t possible. It most definitely is.
AND I’ll bet it’s in plenty of routers, too.
I’m an EE too. Bachelors and Masters. Also specialized in digital design before moving on to optics and quantum. Your analysis is accurate. Well done.
Debunked. That guy in the video is a parrot of fake news, not a knowledgeable techie. The chip that is always shown in these fake news articles is a coupler. Not a super-duper do-everything spy chip. I’m surprised you are so easily fooled. Also, no infiltration of Apple. Apple cancels any build-order that doesn’t meet their standards and testing, and Apple did indeed cancel an order of server motherboards after testing a sample, before any were deployed.
It's not a matter of it being plausible. It's a matter of how easy it is to find. . . and how difficult it is hide a surreptitious chip on a motherboard that undergoes a computerized quality control to an American maker.
The other reason is if you want to do what Bloomberg is claiming there are so many other more clandestine, cheaper, and simpler ways to accomplish the very same things with OUT making it so damn obvious that it is glaringly obvious that someone is GUARANTEED to find it.