Do you have israeli made hardware backdoors in your computer?
>intel.com
Intel Management Engine is built into CPU's and works with its own operating system, outside of your main machine. meaning even if you have no hard drives and no operating system, intelligence agencies have full access to your computer, remotely.
If I have no harddrives and no OS what exactly would be the point in them gaining access
>they can't hack you if you have no computer
it's just an example to make you understand that there is nothing you can do to prevent their access. your operating system, or encryption or anything else you can do, won't matter.
Ryzen 5 1600 here so no worries
>relevant
yeah it's good progress, but if you actually read it, you'd know that you still can't disable ME
what if you arn't connected to the internet, or could you not just monitor network traffic and block it tsending / recieving data
>or could you not just monitor network traffic and block it tsending / recieving data
again, none of that shit goes through the main system. you can't intercept or block anything.
>So we have found an undocumented PCH strap that can be used to switch on a special mode disabling the main Intel ME functionality at an early stage.
>Hence HAP protects against vulnerabilities present in all modules except RBE, KERNEL, SYSLIB, ROM, and BUP. However, unfortunately this mode does not protect against exploitation of errors at earlier stages.
reducing it down to the kernel and CPU booting modules is a good start
>what if you arn't connected to the internet
that only works if your computer is physically nowhere near any other device.
wired.com