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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:45PM (#11913801)
I think they are asking if Apple ordered chips without this ME, give the former's penchant for security. I wonder similarly.
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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by ploxiln on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:43AM (#11914045)
I'm pretty sure that, for the last few generations of Intel CPUs, the ME is not optional on any (non-Atom) model.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem... https://puri.sm/posts/petition-for-intel-to-release-an-me-le...

> All recent Intel systems (made in the last 8 or 9 years) has this. The ME will never be freed

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Re:The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't ... by Khalos on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:50PM (#11913830)
Ah, fair enough. That is a good question.
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