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!