[tor-talk] company devised process to disable Intel Management Engine

[InterN0T]

There have been public methods to disable Intel ME for a while now. (I don't have the links handy, but I did see both official "patches" and various other discussion threads, etc.)

I'm not sure if they workarounds are officially supported (i.e. those that disable Intel ME completely), and if they could brick your device, but there are public methods available.

Keep in mind that just because you have a laptop that uses an Intel processor, doesn't necessarily mean that you also have Intel ME enabled by default. I don't think my laptops support this feature unless I've missed something that someone can enlighten me about.

Best regards,
MaXe

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [tor-talk] company devised process to disable Intel Management Engine
> Local Time: December 10, 2017 11:29 PM
> UTC Time: December 10, 2017 10:29 PM
> From: joebtfsplk at gmx.com
> To: tor-talk at lists.torproject.org
>
> Not sure if this info has been posted before
>
>> "Purism disables intel's flawed management engine on linux-powered
>> laptops LINUX PC MAKER Purism has devised a process to disable the
>> flawed Intel Management Engine"
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGE6pABF23s
>>
>> It appears Purism is selling laptops with Intel Management Engine
>> disabled by...? maybe a proprietary method.
>> I didn't catch in the video if they said how Purism is disabling Intel's ME.
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