Intel Management Engine (ME) explained | disabling the potential backdoor - eviltoast
      • debanqued@beehaw.org
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        9 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.