Re:Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode
by unlmtd1 on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @04:20AM
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Well said. It also makes computing much more expensive and slow to progress. But those fraudsters love their violence-backed monopoly. Image if a few vital manufacturing plants were destroyed, we would have silicone shortages. We have made ourselves fragile, backwards and weak.
Closed-source firmware and silicon must end, because it's impossible to authoritatively verify correctness or rule out malware implants inserted at some point along the way.