I'm posting this because I have a Dell (An XPS-L322X w/ Intel® Core™ i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz × 4) and there is no official way from Dell to neuter the Intel Mana

I'm posting this because I have a Dell (An XPS-L322X w/ Intel® Core™ i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz × 4) and there is no official way from Dell to neuter the Intel Management Engine[0] (Intel ME, or just IME). This is a bit of a shame because Dell does offer a way[1] to disable Intel's insecure ME stuff on a very select range of enterprise configurations but as usual the consumer is out of luck. I don't think I will ever buy anything with an Intel chip in it again. I can't trust the code they put inside their CPUs. They keep blndering, and I can't tell if it's through incompetence or malice. I don't know why governments around the world aren't pressurizing Intel and the semiconductor industry into fixing the problems that x86 firmware has. Am I being overly paranoid or concerned? [0] https://www.howtogeek.com/334013/intel-management-engine-explained-the-tiny-computer-inside-your-cpu/ https://www.howtogeek.com/334013/intel-management-engine-exp... [1] http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Dell-to-Disable-Intel-s-Insecure-IME http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Dell-to-Disable-In...