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> I have yet to hear any explanation of the IME that makes sense without the presence user-hostile intent. The entirety of enterprise laptop management. Not be
by rocqua 10y ago
> I have yet to hear any explanation of the IME that makes sense without the presence user-hostile intent.
The entirety of enterprise laptop management. Not because you don't want users to change their laptop. The point is to be able to run updates for the users.
Or consider the remote KVM option. Disregarding security, that is a sysadmin's wet dream. Being able to recover a system that can't boot saves a lot of boots on the ground.
- 1001101 10y agoEven if the CPU running Windows is bluescreened, you can still pull up a KVM remotely. Demonstrates the power that AMT possesses for good or ill.
- __jal 10y agoI get all that - I've worked in enterprise IT my entire career. It does not explain the 30 minute timer.
- discreditable 10y ago> It does not explain the 30 minute timer. An innocent use would be: "If the ME is hung, turn it off and on again."
- __jal 10y agoSigh. If I need to spell this out: Why is the ME watchdog mandatory? What innocent explanation details why Intel has chosen to deny me the option to consider the ME a security risk in my environment and disable it?