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It will have Intel ME which makes the whole open-source ideology... compromised?
by eimrine 1y ago
It will have Intel ME which makes the whole open-source ideology... compromised?
- karlgkk 1y agothere are a handful of vendors that will sell you an intel chip with the me disabled, as well as arm vendors that ship boards without an me-equivalent at all the point of my post still stands
- eimrine 1y agoDo I need to be the US Military for that? Intel ME is not a feature for user, it is intended to control any modern CPU except the ones coming to US Army/Navy. It is needed to make Stuxnet-class attacks. The latest chip with possibiliy to have the ME provenly disabled is the 3rd gen.
- karlgkk 1y agoPurism sells a Comet Lake box with the ME disabled (or so they say). Many ARM vendors sell powerful arm computers without any ME-analog on board. > It is needed to make Stuxnet-class attacks. I have issues with the presence of the ME and I think we agree on a lot of things, but this statement is lunacy lol
- eimrine 1y agoSo, there is no any fresh x86 processor without that shite. I have no devices with ARM so I have nothing to say about the latter.
- johnklos 1y agoIf they're relying on binaries from Google, then it's already compromised.