Hmmm, it’s like ‘ME’ is not working for ‘YOU’

So do modems in phones. Have a great day.

This is so creepy: “That supplemental unit is part of the chipset and is NOT on the main CPU die. Being independent, that means Intel ME is not affected by the various sleep state of the main CPU and will remain active even when you put your computer in sleep mode or when you shut it down”

Would technology like this be able to bypass Linux or graphene to access comms without our knowledge? That might be a hard question to answer since we have no idea what this thing does.

Both System76 and Purism have hardware with Intel ME disabled. https://puri.sm/posts/deep-dive-into-intel-me-disablement/ https://support.system76.com/articles/intel-me/

And the amusing thing is that it is Minix that is running on there. Making Minix the worlds most successful unix clone 🤣 For the OS nerds out there.

Do we have info on apple silicon?

Apple also has it

Your only option is a small range of Thinkpads from a decade ago that require you to open the case and pinch a chip with a special connector so you can flash LibreBoot on it. Stallman was into this and me and nostr:nprofile1qydhwumn8ghj7emvv4shxmmwv96x7u3wv3jhvtmjv4kxz7gqyzrpssgfat5n0kxklxqtfg95dkjw...