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These "open" vendors are selling you machines with a very, very closed Intel Management Engine (IME) or AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) in it. They're di
by octoberfranklin 6y ago
These "open" vendors are selling you machines with a very, very closed Intel Management Engine (IME) or AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) in it.
They're distracting people from the real problem, and doing so is harmful.
- MacsHeadroom 6y agoPurism physically destroys components that won't run libre firmware.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoThey physically destroy the laptop's CPU? I doubt that.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI have a Purism laptop, can confirm that the CPU is intact and the Intel malware is disabled. Read their site, they go into the details there.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago> and the Intel malware is disabled You confirmed this how? > Read their site, they go into the details there. Debunked. The HAP bit doesn't do what they think it does: https://twitter.com/rootkovska/status/938458875522666497 https://twitter.com/rootkovska/status/938458875522666497
- MacsHeadroom 6y agoParts of the processor chipset, yes, and anything else that can't run on libre firmware. Compute Cores are fine, so the CPU still works.
- jdally987 6y agoWhat. I forget what all of the main players are right now, but I know I’ve read on at least 2 of these types of open hardware companies’ sites how they scrub the intel ME all but completely out of the machine. That’s kind of the whole point, and they advertise that pretty conspicuously in their marketing. If I didn’t start using a (17”, 3lb!) LG Gram laptop right around the time before I learned about open firmware, I would probably use a system76 laptop. For right now, the LG is just so damn light for that huge beautiful screen.....i’ve ruined myself and can’t switch to anything else until further notice unless another manufacturer makes a similarly ridiculous screensize:weight-ratio’d laptop lol (pine, purism, s76...you listening?)
- fsflover 6y agohttps://puri.sm/learn/intel-me/ https://puri.sm/learn/intel-me/
- octoberfranklin 6y agoThe HAP bit doesn't do what you think it does: https://twitter.com/rootkovska/status/938458875522666497 https://twitter.com/rootkovska/status/938458875522666497