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Yes, that's clearly why they order computers from manufacturers with ME disabled, because it's not a backdoor...
by DaSHacka 3y ago
Yes, that's clearly why they order computers from manufacturers with ME disabled, because it's not a backdoor...
- flangola7 3y agoWhat evidence is there of it being a backdoor? Who was ultimately harmed/arrested as a result of it? I've never seen a link to a single case demonstrating that.
- Krutonium 3y agoPersonally, I don't care for the ME one way or the other, but I also don't think it's strictly spyware. That being said, Parallel construction is a thing and could be used in every case where the initially got their information from the backdoor in the ME, if such a thing exists.
- strbean 3y agoThe Silk Road bust comes to mind - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/10/how_did_the_fed.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/10/how_did_the_f...
- charcircuit 3y ago>because it's not a backdoor It lowers the attack surface by running less code. Most government computers don't even have the HAP bit set.