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Re:Why Intel will never let owners control the ME by bubblethink on Sunday July 22, 2018 @03:14PM (#17588331)
Doesn't have to be CDs or blurays. AFAIK, the latest generation of DRM for 4K streaming uses SGX, which I don't think can work without ME.
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Re:Why Intel will never let owners control the ME by mixmastamyk on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:22PM (#17588998)
And who's watching that on a PC often enough that a market alternative doesn't even exist? Not to mention, a significant number of laptops are still sold with 1080 screens.
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Re:Why Intel will never let owners control the ME by bubblethink on Sunday July 22, 2018 @06:41PM (#17589290)
It's not about PCs. The same principle applies to embedded devices and smart TVs, where there are equivalents from other manufacturers. And 4K is not pertinent to this in any way. It just happens to be so right now.
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Re:Why Intel will never let owners control the ME by mixmastamyk on Monday July 23, 2018 @02:53PM (#17594913)
If not about PCs, why is Intel doing this?

To be honest, I don't mind a tablet having provision for DRM to watch movies, but on my work PC, not being able to trust it is clearly unacceptable.

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