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Which is fine, except I'm not a business and I _do_ own my computer, but I can't avoid IME.
by girvo 5y ago
Which is fine, except I'm not a business and I _do_ own my computer, but I can't avoid IME.
- passivate 5y agoYes, that part is annoying (if you absolutely need to use intel).
- quantumofalpha 5y agohttps://github.com/corna/me_cleaner https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner works reasonably well for me - at least on motherboards with removable BIOS chips.
- vetinari 5y agoYou guys are confusing two things - ME and AMT (=vPro). The fist one everyone gets. This one doesn't allow remote management, it is intended for internal housekeeping, plus things like emulated TPM and DRM. The second one, which builds on top of the first one, allows management in about the same scope as any other BMC would, and it is pretty easy to avoid it - just do not purchase SKUs with vPro. For vPro, you have to pay extra, so doing that is pretty easy. That said, I also consider vPro generally useful, though somewhat flaky and unreliable. It is also about the only way to get BMC-like functionality for desktops or laptops (hey, Intel, any plans for new NUCs with vPro?).
- passivate 5y agoAh, you're correct. I was indeed conflating the two.