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Intel Management Engine (ME) explained | disabling the potential backdoor (www.youtube.com)
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[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does that mean they can actually disable the IME?

[–] debanqued@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

iME can be “disabled” if you go along with all the hand-waving. The nuts and bolts of it is that the ME /must/ execute when powering on the CPU, but then there is a moment in the boot sequence in which it can be disabled. For some people, that’s good enough.