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ME isn't like VNC built into the CPU - that's AMT. AMT is restricted to higher-end Intel platforms, but ME is everywhere.
by mjg59 9y ago
ME isn't like VNC built into the CPU - that's AMT. AMT is restricted to higher-end Intel platforms, but ME is everywhere.
- trhway 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Techno... : >AMT is part of the Intel Management Engine, which is built into PCs with Intel vPro technology. >Currently, AMT is available in desktops, servers, ultrabooks, tablets, and laptops with Intel Core vPro processor family, including Intel Core i3, i5, i7, and Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 product family.
- mjg59 9y agoAMT is a piece of software that runs on the Management Engine. vPro-enabled platforms are the ones aimed at business laptops and workstations, not consumer stuff. It's important to make the distinction because people can check, find that their machine doesn't have the VNC functionality and then assume that they don't have anything to worry about as far as the ME goes, which is a false sense of security.
- trhway 9y agoi don't think you described the behavior of typical HN reader :) Anyway, vPro with VNC seems to be present on all consumer (ie. with IGP) CPUs, so there is nothing to worry about in the sense that one anyway can't do anything about it, and thus the worrying is futile.
- mjg59 9y agoNo, it's not. AMT is only shipped on Core-series CPUs when they're accompanied with the business chipset rather than the consumer chipset. It's not an integral part of the ME, it's software that the OEM has to license and ship in their firmware.