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Intel Management Engine (ME) explained | disabling the potential backdoor (www.youtube.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Isn't this just an ad for their custom laptops? There isn't really that much talk about Intel ME, which is a shame.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Their BIOS is foss

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does that mean they can actually disable the IME?

[–] debanqued@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

iME can be “disabled” if you go along with all the hand-waving. The nuts and bolts of it is that the ME /must/ execute when powering on the CPU, but then there is a moment in the boot sequence in which it can be disabled. For some people, that’s good enough.