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It is telling that the feds are unwilling to eat their own cooking. Although "disable" is not the same as "remove" it is better than nothing. https://www.ptse
by RunSet 4y ago
It is telling that the feds are unwilling to eat their own cooking.
Although "disable" is not the same as "remove" it is better than nothing.
https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/disabling-intel-me-11-via-undocumented-mode/ https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/disabling-intel-m...
- kmeisthax 4y agoI don't even think it's the Fed's cooking. Large enterprises were asking for a way to detect, wipe, and reset a compromised machine, remotely, while the compromised OS was still running. Intel ME was their solution to this.
- RunSet 4y agoIf it was not intended as a universal backdoor I think there would be some way for the hardware's owner to disable it or buy hardware without the baked-in backdoor.