Re:Disabling the Intel Management Engine
by userbinator on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:42PM
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I wish there was more widespread outrage over ME and PSP and "trusted computing" so we could collectively tell them to stop selling this garbage.
It's almost 20 years ago since the public convinced Intel to remove a feature from their processors which would seem almost harmless today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10106870
However, the serial number was not heavily marketed as a security feature, unlike ME and all the other new and oppressive functionality today. The security argument is impressively powerful --- and more scarily, it seems the companies and government have almost perfected how to harness it.
It's almost 20 years ago since the public convinced Intel to remove a feature from their processors which would seem almost harmless today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10106870
However, the serial number was not heavily marketed as a security feature, unlike ME and all the other new and oppressive functionality today. The security argument is impressively powerful --- and more scarily, it seems the companies and government have almost perfected how to harness it.