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No. Apple, and perhaps other manufacturers, insist it not be there.

• madez 9y ago
  > Apple, and perhaps other manufacturers, insist it not be there. I have an off-topic question about that statement. I fail to grammatically parse the construct "A and B insist C no be there". Doesn't it need to be "A and B insist C is not there"?
  • raincom 9y ago
    Subjunctive
    • deleted 9y ago
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    • madez 9y ago
      Thanks. Additionally, I must have misread the not for a no.
• e12e 9y ago
  Are you saying that the only, readily available, modern x86_64 system without this crap (or AMD equivalent - or Apple equivalent) is a mac? Any sources for IME being completely disabled / not present on macs?
  • comex 9y ago
    It's not disabled.
  • my123 9y ago
    Apple uses a minimal ME firmware, but it's still there.
• mustacheemperor 9y ago
  Do you have any support for this claim? I've heard of the HAP backdoor to disable the subsystem, but it's only available to 3 letter agencies as far as anyone knows.[0] [0]https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/29/intel_management_engine_can_be_disabled/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/29/intel_management_en...
  • garblegarble 9y ago
    Have a look at https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/01/intel_amt_me_vulnerability/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/01/intel_amt_me_vulner... - it seems the Active Management Technology platform firmware module isn't deployed at all on Macs