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Neutralizing the Intel Management Engine on Librem Laptops
- AdmiralAsshat 10y agoVery good news if true.
- sounds 10y agoWhat are you wondering about, "if true"? That the Intel ME can be neutralized? That the Intel ME on Librems has been neutralized? I can't tell.
- rurban 10y agoAnd now just the Librem 15 is missing, the real machine.
- baxuz 10y agohuh. would it be possible to disable intel ME on desktop MBOs as well? Seems it's an EFI mod.
- sounds 10y agoNeutralizing the ME is not a full "disable," because Intel has made that exceptionally hard to do. Even this "neutralized ME" still boots before the main x86 CPU, and still runs even when the machine is off (if it's plugged in or has a laptop battery). And this "neutralized ME" still has an unknown binary that runs, it's just that the LibreBoot.org folks have found a way to strip it down to the bone without breaking the digital signatures. https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner (This posting is just Librem laptops releasing the me_cleaner for their hardware, a good thing, but not any new news.)