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It actually does get patched through firmware updates.
by burnte 6y ago
It actually does get patched through firmware updates.
- gruez 6y agoDoes your aunt know how to apply bios updates? And that's assuming such updates are available at all. I searched up various Z170 (released mid 2015) chipset motherboards, and the bios updates seem to end around early-mid 2018. That works out to around 3 years of patches. It's therefore reasonable to assume that if any exploit was discovered today, any systems 3+ year old are sitting ducks.
- ziml77 6y agoShe doesn't need to know. They'll come through Windows update and automatically be applied.
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y agoEven on linux its trivial. Just pressing update in the gnome software program will update the firmware.
- gruez 6y agoAre we talking about the same thing here? Microcode updates might be delivered through windows update but is ME updates delivered through that? Or is it through bios updates?
- burnte 6y agoMy aunt probably isn't running a corporate machine that would HAVE the IME in it. It's a business-oriented feature that is part of the chipset, not the CPU.
- RL_Quine 6y agoHow many are actually applied? I wouldn't know how to patch ME on anything I own, even if I cared to.
- pitterpatter 6y agoI've definitely seen Windows update push firmware updates but that was on a Surface so not sure if it's a first-party only thing or if any OEM can use that channel.
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y agoOn windows, do nothing, it will be applied automatically. On linux and mac, press update in the app store / gnome software.
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