Has Intel ever commented about this issue of removing ME?
Surely, at least 1 Intel staffer reads HN and they must have discussed this internally.
Unless they just brush this off as negligible (a couple thousand paranoid/"extremist" users) ?
Surely, at least 1 Intel staffer reads HN and they must have discussed this internally.
Unless they just brush this off as negligible (a couple thousand paranoid/"extremist" users) ?
Anyone who works there, has access to the required information, and is unhappy at the situation surrounding ME and other freedom-hostile directions your company is taking, you know what to do!
How hard is it to imagine some special string in RAM could trigger the ME in a similar way? (so many CPU instructions - I would be surprised if there wasn't one to talk to the ME)
Exploits and vulnerability are mitigated by proper analysis and ecological diversity.
Here we have an attack channel present of every single Intel based computer, regardless of the CPU.
Call me an extremist if you want, but this is far from harmless.
Asking for a project.