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I didnt see mention of this in the article but I thought accessing a powered-off machine required usage of the 3G wireless support built in to the vPro line of
by pweissbrod 9y ago
I didnt see mention of this in the article but I thought accessing a powered-off machine required usage of the 3G wireless support built in to the vPro line of intel chips.
- garmaine 9y agoNo. This is a feature of the Intel vPro Ethernet network adaptors.
- ben_w 9y ago> the 3G wireless support built in to the vPro line of intel chips Yikes. That’s the first I’ve heard of this. It’s terrifying that even exists as an option, given how much of a strategic military benefit it provides to whoever can pull Intel’s strings.
- pweissbrod 9y agoscary stuff ben_w look it up 3g support has been in the vPro line for the better part of a decade. call me a conspiracy theorist if you like but i'll bet you dollars to donuts wireless powerless remote management exploits exist in the wild for these intel chips. and by wild i include state-owned in there edit: if you have one of these chips you can disable the feature in bios
- ben_w 9y agoI just did. I agree. And I cannot because I have a mac.