Flashing ME firmware is quite trivial for older laptops -- you just need a flash programmer, a raspberry pi and some patience. It's one of the key parts of how

Flashing ME firmware is quite trivial for older laptops -- you just need a flash programmer, a raspberry pi and some patience. It's one of the key parts of how me_cleaner[1] works -- you "clean up" the firmware and flash a new version. However, newer Intel CPUs have BootGuard[2] which makes this impossible. But I wouldn't hold my breath that they'll release the keys -- why would they? Releasing keys is the last thing you'll think of if a decades-old business is going up in flames. [1]: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner [2]: https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/Intel-Boot-Guard https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/Intel-Boot-Guard