cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/41050620

Spy chips are:

• Intel CPUs after ~2008
• AMD CPUs after ~2013
• Arm CPUs (not sure when they started the trustzone stuff but likely around 2013 since AMD uses trustzone)

I believe IBM Power9 chips are spy chip free, but not sure about the successors.

Anyway, the question is about Apple chips. Web searches are lousy these days. I find nothing to confirm or deny the presence of management engines in Apple (Motorola?) CPUs.

Intuitively, I don’t think it would make business sense for Apple to do that because a majority of their customers are non-corporate individuals (unlike intel). OTOH, if that were sound logic then it would seem to contradict Arm chips which are also largely bought by non-corporate individuals.

Anyway, if anyone knows plz mention it here, ideally with a source.

Thanks!