There’s never just one or two isolated, one-off flaws in complex computing products. Especially with a product as complex and widely used as Intel CPUs, once one security vulnerability is exposed, many more will soon follow.

• Summer 2017: Google finds huge flaw in Intel computers. Details are kept secret pending remedy.
• November 2017: Microsoft, Linux developers working secretly on fix.
• 19 December 2017: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich dumps all…

Three weeks ago, with news that US Customs and Border Patrol was coercing travelers into decrypting their private files upon entry into the United States, I floated a strategy to avoid such an…