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Why is it legal to sell a device without providing full documentation, incl ME?
by intricatedetail 5y ago
Why is it legal to sell a device without providing full documentation, incl ME?
- selimnairb 5y agoCan you provide a legal definition of what "full documentation" would be?
- sudosysgen 5y agoA describition of every intentional design feature that is not immediately and obviously apparent.
- xxpor 5y agoYou don't need this to do anything with the CPU that was promised when you bought it.
- intricatedetail 5y agoWhat do you mean? What if I want to change the microcode to something I like?
- edoceo 5y agoThat wasn't a product claim that Intel made. Its like warranty void if opened, no user serviceable parts inside. There is no legal obligation to sell you an open and fully-documented CPU.
- jkaplowitz 5y ago"warranty void if opened" is also illegal in most consumer cases in the US, as common as it is for companies to apply this policy without being challenged on it, and certainly in many other countries. Of course, they are certainly allowed to refuse to service warranty claims where a third-party part or repair caused the problem. Source: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2018/04/ftc-staff-sends-warranty-warnings https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2018/04/... (blog post on the official FTC site - look at the third bullet point in their examples) Not mentioned in the above source, but the burden of proof that the third-party part or repair caused the problem is on the warrantor, not the consumer.
- dannyw 5y agoIt's blatantly obvious that the US intelligence agencies obviously have backdoors (or known exploits if you want to give then the benefit of the doubt) into Intel ME, and its AMD counterpart. The DoD is the only Intel client that is allowed to disable ME. They sell chips without ME. They just won't sell it to anyone but the DoD. Why is that?