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Scrolling up they recommend avoiding Purism hardware because > In particular, the Intel Management Engine is a severe threat to privacy and security, not to me
by callekabo 6y ago
Scrolling up they recommend avoiding Purism hardware because
> In particular, the Intel Management Engine is a severe threat to privacy and security, not to mention freedom, since it is a remote backdoor that provides Intel remote access to a computer where it is present.
However, the Intel ME has been disabled in Purism hardware since 2017.
https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disab...
- Deukhoofd 6y agoPretty sure that write up was done around 2009
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- 29083011397778 6y agoJust to clarify and save anyone else from the ambiguity - it looks like TFA should be tagged [2009], while parents link from Pusim is more recent (2017).
- ekianjo 6y agoSee this https://blogs.fsfe.org/tobias_platen/2015/09/22/why-i-wont-buy-the-libre/ https://blogs.fsfe.org/tobias_platen/2015/09/22/why-i-wont-b...
- callekabo 6y ago...which was written in 2015, so also outdated.